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– 28 September 2000 World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting
The two international financial organisations meet annually to
discuss issues relating to ‘poverty reduction, international economic
development and finance and to provide a forum for international
cooperation’. This year the meeting is being held in Prague, Czech
Republic. You can read about the meeting on the IMF’s website
at [ www.imf.org/external/am/2000/prague.htm
] or read news reports of the meeting.
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September 2000 Reporting and communicating corporate citizenship
issues in the media
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]
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October 2000 Corruption and Conflict in Angola – Is Transparency
a Way Out
Transparency International invite Simon Taylor, the founder director
of Global Witness, to lead the discussion at the above meeting
open to members and other interested parties. The role which government
corruption and international oil and banking industries play in
the war with UNITA comes under discussion.
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– 13 October 2000 Global Tobacco Control Convention
The World Health Organisation is hosting a two day public hearing
on the draft of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, an
international treaty designed to control tobacco use and advertising.
Interested parties including the tobacco industry have been invited
to contribute. If you want to find out more about the treaty or
WHO’s tobacco free initiative go to
[ www.who.int/toh/index.html
]
