This joint statement…was drafted by participants in the first annual Peoples' Forum on Human Rights and Business…We welcome organizations to join as signatories…[We] call upon…States to elaborate an international treaty that…affirms the applicability of human rights obligations to…transnational corporations and other business enterprises;…requires States Parties to monitor and regulate the operations of business enterprises under their jurisdiction, including when acting outside their national territory…[and] provide for legal liability for business enterprises for acts or omissions that infringe human rights...