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Published by Environmental News Service | By | Monday, January 29, 2001

Environmentalists have taken multinational oil giant Shell to court over its plans to build a pipeline for mineral and gas exploration in Pakistan's Kirthar National Park.

Switzerland: UN Chief Enlists ABB CEO to Boost Global Compact

Published by Forum News Daily | By Jason Topping Cone | Monday, January 29, 2001

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan called here on Sunday for more corporations to get serious about environmental protection, human rights and labor standards -- and lobbied them to come on board the UN's Global Compact for corporate responsibility.

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

Published by Special to CorpWatch | By Kenny Bruno | Sunday, January 28, 2001

Thousands gather in Porto Alegre, Brazil to look towards a future in which corporations no longer rule.

Groups in Porto Alegre Want Global Compact Put on Ice

Published by | By CorpWatch | Sunday, January 28, 2001

PORTO ALEGRE -- With UN Secretary General Kofi Annan preparing to renew his call for a 'Global Compact' between the UN and big business at the World Economic Forum in Davos, a global alliance of human rights and environmental organizations is calling for a suspension of this messy entaglement between the UN and big business.

SWITZERLAND: Police Barricade Davos to Prevent Protests

Published by Forum News Daily | By John A. Dillon and Malini Goel | Sunday, January 28, 2001

The police used water cannons and steel fences to stop protesters on Saturday from getting within a mile of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos.

SWITZERLAND: UN Chief Warns Business

Published by BBC News Online | By Orla Ryan | Sunday, January 28, 2001

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has called on business to work harder on environmental and social issues.

AMERICAN SAMOA: Vietnamese Workers Have Nowhere to Turn

Published by Orange County Register | By John Gittelsohn | Sunday, January 28, 2001

More than 250 Vietnamese garment workers are stranded in American Samoa, lacking money, jobs and fearful of punishment if they return home.

Silence = Death: AIDS, Africa and Pharmaceuticals

Published by Toronto Globe and Mail | By Stephen Lewis | Friday, January 26, 2001

While 25 million Africans are living with AIDS, Northern pharmaceutical companies and governments are turning their back on the greatest tragedy of our time according to former deputy head of UNICEF.

Nigeria: Ogonis Say Arms Were Sponsored by Shell

Published by AllAfrica.com | By Ahamefula Ogbu and Chuks Akunna | Thursday, January 25, 2001

The multinational oil giant, the Shell Petroleum Development Corporation (SPDC) was yesterday accused of importing arms and ammunitions into the country with which destabilisation was engendered in the Niger Delta.

Switzerland: ILO Says Digital Divide Looms Large

Published by International Labour Organization | By | Wednesday, January 24, 2001

Despite improvements in labour market performance in industrialized countries and the growing potential of information technology to create jobs and spur development, the global employment picture remains ''deeply flawed'' for workers in many parts of the world, according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO).