Business and International Organizations In Geneva A Review of Challenges and Opportunities By Katherine Hagen Council for Multilateral Business Diplomacy.

Business and International Organizations

In Geneva

A Review of Challenges and Opportunities

By Katherine Hagen

Council for Multilateral Business Diplomacy

Business and IOs in Geneva Changing perceptions of sustainable

development CMBD services Three case studies – new issues, new actors,

new coalitions Looking to the future

Traditional View of IO Policies Affecting Global Business Conventions and treaties

Universality of standards Level playing field for fair

competition Regulatory framework for

reasonable competition Guidelines, codes and

recommendations Evidence-based and state of the art Information clearing house

Publicity and comparative assessments Indices and rankings

Changing Perceptions of Sustainable Development

Integration of economic, social and environmental aspects of development

Evolving role of the private sector Contributing to sustainable

development Mainstreaming of corporate social

responsibility Policy dynamics

Impact of IO policies on global business Shift to global business interest in IO

policies

The Role of the CMBD in Geneva Neutral forum for better understanding and

networking Information flow on major trends, meetings

and reports Targeted services on specific issues

Business Interest in International Policy and Governance

Trade (WTO, UNCTAD, ITC) Intellectual property (WIPO, WTO, WHO) Health and social protection (WHO, ILO) Information and communications technology (ITU,

Internet Governance Forum, Commission on Science and Technology for Development)

Food security (FAO, WTO, WHO, ILO, Codex Alimentarius, Standing Committee on Nutrition)

Emerging role of Human Rights Council

The Geneva International Scene 25 major international organizations

More international conferences than United Nations HQ in New York

Policy, research and capacity building Plethora of NGOs 150 diplomatic missions

Case Studies for PAC Seminar

Food security – new issues Internet governance – new

actors Health – new coalitions

Food SecurityA Pressing Global Challenge Poverty & the Millennium Development Goals

1 billion people suffering from hunger Growing demand for improving agricultural

production and productivity 9 billion population by 2050 and 75% increase in

food production Increasing food prices as well as volatility in

food prices

Food Security A Pressing Global Challenge Rights-based approach

Freedom from hunger Access to adequate food Access to safe, sufficient and nutritious food

Access issues also involving Supply chains and markets Credit and financial services Secure land tenure Appropriate and affordable technologies

Food Security and Business:CMBD Highlights the Issues

Sustainable development footprint

Supply chain responsibilities Smallholder practicalities Global versus local markets Scaling up nutrition Nutrition and chronic diseases

Food Security: CMBD and theAvenues for Policy Engagement

Committee on Food Security and the FAO Land tenure Principles of Responsible Agricultural Investment

Nutrition, food safety and the WHO Rural development, commodities and UNCTAD Smallholder livelihoods, child labor and the

ILO Right to food and the Human Rights Council

Internet Governance and the IOs World Summit for the Information Society

Internet Governance Forum World Intellectual Property Organization

Copyright and broadcasting rights International Telecommunications Union

Updating Telecommunications Regulations Human Rights Council

Privacy and access issues

Internet Governance and New Actors: CMBD Highlights the Issues

Technical regulations Intellectual property rights Freedom of expression Privacy vs the public domain Cybersecurity and cybercrime Technology transfer and capacity Role of governments in Internet governance

New Actors in Internet Governance Multistakeholder Advisory Group for the

Internet Governance Forum Business has a dedicated slot Developing country NGOs

Human Rights Council and Internet Rights First-ever panel First-ever resolution

Global Health Diplomacy World Health Organization at the center of

global health policy Donor-driven transformation of global health

Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria International Health Partnerships Health as a foreign policy priority

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other new non-state actors

Global burden of disease

Communicablediseases

Chronicdisease

Injuries

1990 2020

Source: Harvard School of Public Health

CMBD Highlights theBroadening of Business Interests in Health

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Up to:• 80% of cases of type 2 diabetes• 80% of cases of heart disease

and stroke• 40% of cases of some cancers

can be prevented.

...so how can we focus on health, not sickness?

The NCD Alliance Four major disease-based

federations International Diabetes Federation International Union for Cancer Control World Heart Federation Int’l Union against TB and Lung

Disease Funding from the private sector but

kept separate Accomplishments

High-Level UN Summit in 2011 Rio+20 Summit in June 2012

CMBD Support of the NCD Campaign Broadening of multi-stakeholder collaboration

on non-communicable diseases to include the private sector

Policy statement in support of including the private sector

Building the central messages for multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder collaboration

The Partnering Framework Global Compact principles

Environmental, human rights and worker rights

Anti-corruption UN Guidelines on Partnering

with the Private Sector Human rights and business

Protect, respect and remedy Universal Declaration on

Human Rights Principle of due diligence

Conclusions and Looking Forward New issues, new actors and new coalitions Integrating the economic, social and environmental aspects

of sustainable development Defining the “new” economics with business as part of

sustainable development Linking business with civil society in multi-stakeholder and

multi-sectoral settings