Copenhagen
Plus Five: The special session of the UN General Assembly
held in Geneva at the end of June aimed to renew the commitments
agreed in 1995 at the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen.
For information about the major issues and debate visit [
www.wacap-forum.ch/1Forum_a1.htm
] or Copenhagen Plus Five.
11th
World Conference on Tobacco and Health: Between the 6-10th
August, Chicago hosted the 11th World Conference on Tobacco and
Health, a forum for international collaboration on tobacco control.
This coincided with a WHO report condemning the tobacco industry.
To visit the World Health Organisation site on tobacco go to
[ www.who.int/toh/
], to find out about the conference visit [
www.wctoh.org/about.html
] or read the week’s media coverage.
Millennium
World Peace Summit: Aiming to promote religious harmony and
understanding throughout the world, the conference will bring
1000 spiritual and religious leaders from around the world together
at the UN between 28 – 31 August.
UN
Millennium Summit: The United Nations Millennium Summit has
been described by the UN Secretary-General as an opportunity to
tackle "all economic issues" and is one of five key
international conference scheduled by the UN. To find out more
about this major event held on 5-8 September 2000 at the UN headquarters
in New York go to
[ www.un.org/millennium/
]
European
Business Ethics Network: The 13th annual conference is to
be held in Cambridge between the 12-14 September. It will focus
on ‘Ethics: Leadership and Accountability’. Visit the European
Business Ethics Network website at [
www.eben.org/Events/EbenAnnuals/2000/2000conference1Head.htm
]
Reporting
and communicating corporate citizenship issues in the media:
On September 25th 2000 the Warwick Corporate Citizenship Unit
are holding a seminar to debate the issues involved in presenting
corporate citizenship stories in the media. For more information
or to register for this event please contact Caroline Conneely,
[ [email protected]
]
