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Article

1 Dec 2005

Author:
Irene Khan, Secretary-General, Amnesty International

Speech by Irene Khan, Secretary-General, Amnesty International at the Global Compact Summit: Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

...ignoring human rights is a risk that companies can no longer afford to take, no matter where they come from or where they operate...[refers to ABB, Novartis, Statoil, as 3 companies road-testing UN Norms on business & human rights. Also refers to Nike, China National Petroleum Corp, Union Carbide (now part of Dow Chemical), Unocal (now part of Chevron), CNOOC, Sinopec, PetroChina, Petronas, ONGC, Talisman, Wuzhishan LS]