Business and International Organizations In Geneva A Review of Challenges and Opportunities By Katherine Hagen Council for Multilateral Business Diplomacy

Business and IOs in Geneva  Changing perceptions of sustainable development  CMBD services  Three case studies – new issues, new actors, new coalitions  Looking to the future

Traditional View of IO Policies Affecting Global Business  Conventions and treaties  Universality of standards  Level playing field for fair competition  Regulatory framework for reasonable competition  Guidelines, codes and recommendations  Evidence-based and state of the art  Information clearing house  Publicity and comparative assessments  Indices and rankings

Changing Perceptions of Sustainable Development  Integration of economic, social and environmental aspects of development  Evolving role of the private sector  Contributing to sustainable development  Mainstreaming of corporate social responsibility  Policy dynamics  Impact of IO policies on global business  Shift to global business interest in IO policies

The Role of the CMBD in Geneva  Neutral forum for better understanding and networking  Information flow on major trends, meetings and reports  Targeted services on specific issues

Business Interest in International Policy and Governance  Trade (WTO, UNCTAD, ITC)  Intellectual property (WIPO, WTO, WHO)  Health and social protection (WHO, ILO)  Information and communications technology (ITU, Internet Governance Forum, Commission on Science and Technology for Development)  Food security (FAO, WTO, WHO, ILO, Codex Alimentarius, Standing Committee on Nutrition)  Emerging role of Human Rights Council

The Geneva International Scene  25 major international organizations  More international conferences than United Nations HQ in New York  Policy, research and capacity building  Plethora of NGOs  150 diplomatic missions

Case Studies for PAC Seminar  Food security – new issues  Internet governance – new actors  Health – new coalitions

Food Security A Pressing Global Challenge  Poverty & the Millennium Development Goals  1 billion people suffering from hunger  Growing demand for improving agricultural production and productivity  9 billion population by 2050 and 75% increase in food production  Increasing food prices as well as volatility in food prices

Food Security A Pressing Global Challenge  Rights-based approach  Freedom from hunger  Access to adequate food  Access to safe, sufficient and nutritious food  Access issues also involving  Supply chains and markets  Credit and financial services  Secure land tenure  Appropriate and affordable technologies

Food Security and Business: CMBD Highlights the Issues  Sustainable development footprint  Supply chain responsibilities  Smallholder practicalities  Global versus local markets  Scaling up nutrition  Nutrition and chronic diseases

Food Security: CMBD and the Avenues for Policy Engagement  Committee on Food Security and the FAO  Land tenure  Principles of Responsible Agricultural Investment  Nutrition, food safety and the WHO  Rural development, commodities and UNCTAD  Smallholder livelihoods, child labor and the ILO  Right to food and the Human Rights Council

Internet Governance and the IOs  World Summit for the Information Society  Internet Governance Forum  World Intellectual Property Organization  Copyright and broadcasting rights  International Telecommunications Union  Updating Telecommunications Regulations  Human Rights Council  Privacy and access issues

Internet Governance and New Actors: CMBD Highlights the Issues  Technical regulations  Intellectual property rights  Freedom of expression  Privacy vs the public domain  Cybersecurity and cybercrime  Technology transfer and capacity  Role of governments in Internet governance

New Actors in Internet Governance  Multistakeholder Advisory Group for the Internet Governance Forum  Business has a dedicated slot  Developing country NGOs  Human Rights Council and Internet Rights  First-ever panel  First-ever resolution

Global Health Diplomacy  World Health Organization at the center of global health policy  Donor-driven transformation of global health  Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria  International Health Partnerships  Health as a foreign policy priority  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other new non- state actors

Global burden of disease Communicable diseases Chronic disease Injuries Source: Harvard School of Public Health

CMBD Highlights the Broadening of Business Interests in Health Slide 18  Up to: 80% of cases of type 2 diabetes 80% of cases of heart disease and stroke 40% of cases of some cancers  can be prevented....so how can we focus on health, not sickness?

The NCD Alliance  Four major disease-based federations  International Diabetes Federation  International Union for Cancer Control  World Heart Federation  Int’l Union against TB and Lung Disease  Funding from the private sector but kept separate  Accomplishments  High-Level UN Summit in 2011  Rio+20 Summit in June 2012

CMBD Support of the NCD Campaign  Broadening of multi-stakeholder collaboration on non- communicable diseases to include the private sector  Policy statement in support of including the private sector  Building the central messages for multi-sectoral and multi- stakeholder collaboration

The Partnering Framework  Global Compact principles  Environmental, human rights and worker rights  Anti-corruption  UN Guidelines on Partnering with the Private Sector  Human rights and business  Protect, respect and remedy  Universal Declaration on Human Rights  Principle of due diligence

Conclusions and Looking Forward  New issues, new actors and new coalitions  Integrating the economic, social and environmental aspects of sustainable development  Defining the “new” economics with business as part of sustainable development  Linking business with civil society in multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral settings