United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced the appointment of Professor John Ruggie as Special Representative on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. The creation of this mandate was requested by the United Nations Commission for Human Rights in its resolution 2005/69 and approved by the Economic and Social Council on 25 July 2005.
The mandate includes identifying and clarifying standards of corporate responsibility and accountability with regard to human rights. An interim report presenting views and recommendations for consideration by the Commission on Human Rights is due at its sixty-second session in 2006 and a final report in 2007.
Professor Ruggie previously served as Assistant Secretary-General and senior adviser for strategic planning from 1997 to 2001. Among his many responsibilities, he was one of the main architects of the United Nations Global Compact, and he led the Secretary-General’s successful effort at the Millennium Summit in 2000 to propose and secure the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals.

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  1. shinichi Post author

    John Ruggie

    Wikipedia

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruggie

    He has twice served as a senior official in the United Nations. From 1997 to 2001, he served as United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Planning, a post created specifically for him by then Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He was one of the principal architects of the United Nations Global Compact. In 2005, he was appointed as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Business and Human Rights. He developed a set of principles, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which have been adopted by multiple international agencies.

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