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15 Mar 2004

Author:
Amnesty International

UK/UN: Amnesty International calls on British Government not to de-rail business ethics moves at UN

As the annual UN Commission for Human Rights...opens in Geneva...a major coalition of campaigning organisations including Amnesty International, Christian Aid, Oxfam and Friends of the Earth have called on the British government not to de-rail a new set of 'Norms' on ethical behaviour for multi-national companies during the six-week meeting of the Commission. [refers to Barclays, National Grid Transco, 2 cos. road-testing the norms]