It is an appeal to all players in society, governments, firms, trade union organisations and others, to co-operate to build a more inclusive and sustainable global economy, through the observance and advance of ten universal principles in the field of human rights, to protect labour, the environment and to fight corruption.
It is also a global network for sharing experiences and projects, with at its centre the work of the Global Compact Office in New York and six United Nations agencies - UNHCHR, UNEP, ILO, UNDP, UNIDO and UNODC.
Each participant must communicate an account of its activities in support of the initiative each year on pain of expulsion (Comunication on Progress, COP). Our fourth report, sent on 16th January 2008 and published on the site www.unglobalcompact.org, has been included in the Global Compact's Notable COP Program.
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