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What’s new: CMBD Meeting on 15 May 2012

The CMBD was pleased to host speakers from the ILO, UNICEF, WHO, WIPO and ICTSD at the meeting on “The Changing UN Landscape of Stakeholder Relations with the Private Sector” .  See the program details here.  Details of the discussion will be included in a report to be distributed next week to CMBD members.

CMBD Speakers 15 May 2012

CMBD Perspectives — from the CMBD News

Note: Access to articles marked with an asterisk (*) is restricted to CMBD Members and paid CMBD News subscribers.

Preparing for Rio+20 *
21 May 2012

The latest round of “informal informal consultations” for the Rio+20 Summit concluded a two-week session in New York on Friday, 4 May, with a cacophony of voices still immobilizing the search for consensus at the end of the two weeks.

Meeting with the Working Group on Business and Human Rights *
18 May 2012

The second open consultation with NGOs and the private sector with the Working Group on Business and Human Rights took place on 10 May.  The focus of this consultation was to solicit recommendations regarding the first global forum scheduled for 5 to 6 December 2012.

WIPO Committee on IP and Development *
17 May 2012

The Committee on Intellectual Property and Development at the World Intellectual Property Organization, which met  for its ninth session on 7 to 11 May 2012, is the main avenue for addressing the recommendations for a “Development Agenda” at WIPO.

G20 Development Working Group recommendations
16 May 2012

We continue to be interested in the G20 as an important parallel arena for global policy to the UN system and the influence of host governments on the directions taken by the G20.

Venez m’aider
15 May 2012

In his May Day 2012 message, International Labour Organization Director-General Juan Somavia, calls out again, as he has so many times before since the financial crisis wreaked havoc on the workers of the world.

See earlier postings here, or visit the CMBD Perspectives page for more discussions on current issues

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