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ICC publishes views on the long term strategy on climate change for COP10 in Buenos Aires

6-17 December 2004, Buenos Aires

Help at hand for government ICT procurement
Paris, 17 December 2004 Any government body needing an integrated information system is faced with a myriad of choices to satisfy its needs. The latest title to be launched in the ICC Tools for E-Business series, Procuring ICTs, equips government decision-makers with a guide to getting the best value for their investment in information and communication technologies (ICTs).

ICC initiative to fight counterfeiting and piracy launched in the US
New York, 15 December, 2004 At a gathering here of senior executives from a multitude of affected industries, the head of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) today unveiled details of an aggressive new private-sector effort to combat product counterfeiting and copyright piracy worldwide.

ICC celebrates Anti-Corruption Day
Paris, 9 December 2004 ICC is reaffirming its commitment to fight corruption in all its forms by celebrating the United Nations International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December.

New global business initiative to fight counterfeiting and piracy
ICC, the world business organization, today launched BASCAP - Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy. Paris, 26 November 2004

World economy will flag in next six months
Paris, 18 November 2004 The unusually robust expansion of the world economy will flag somewhat, according to the results of the latest ICC/Ifo World Economic Survey (WES).

Corporate rules and international data transfers
Paris, 17 November 2004 When a business group wants to transfer data of a personal nature to another country, it has to pause before clicking "send". What are the legal implications in moving such private information to another jurisdiction?

Making the world safer through technology
Paris, 29 October 2004 The world could be made a safer place with the intelligent use of technology, and by making security a responsibility of management instead of IT departments. This was the verdict of security experts from government, business and international organizations at a conference in Paris on Monday called by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the world business organization.

ICC concerned about taxation on transactions within business groups
Paris, 22 September 2004 Intra group financing is an important part of the efficient use of the financial resources of an enterprise. Several governments have, however, recently shown a more aggressive attitude with regard to the taxation of interest payments within business groups with a focus on cross-border payments. ICC finds some of those developments worrisome, since they considerably increase the risk of international double taxation and create additional compliance burdens for international business.

Technology can make you safe
Paris, 15 September 2004 In an increasingly dangerous world, can new developments in technology provide reliable safeguards for security and safety? Experts in important developments taking place in information and communication technologies (ICTs) believe they can. Such technologies are already helping to protect energy systems, transport, communications, food, water and other keys to civilized existence. What of the future? To answer this question the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), which speaks for world business, is organizing perhaps the most authoritative conference ever held on technology and security.

Poll finds world economic climate has stabilized at high level
Paris, 12 August 2004 The global economic climate remains favourable and will continue to develop positively during the rest of the year despite a slight weakening of business expectations, according to the results of the latest ICC/Ifo World Economic Survey.

Privacy Toolkit helps get the balance right
Paris, 5 August 2004 ICC has launched the latest addition to the ICC Tools for E-Business, a series of booklets that disseminates policy models and best practices for the online world.

Securing your business made easier with new ICC guide
Paris, 28 July 2004 The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has developed a practical guide to help managers of small and medium-sized businesses put into action the 2002 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guidelines for the security of networks and information systems.

ICC launches 'how to' guide on telecoms liberalization
Paris, October 2007 The International Chamber of Commerce has launched a new guide to assist countries considering or embarking on the liberalization of their communications infrastructure.

ICC issues framework for responsible food and beverage communications
Paris, 8 July 2004 Addressing the international focus on diet-related diseases, global business leaders today called on food and beverage companies to go beyond compliance with laws and regulations and to champion a new framework of advertising and marketing principles to encourage responsible food and beverage communications worldwide.

Business demands leadership from G8, Fourtou tells closing
Marrakesh, 9 June 2004 Text of ICC Chairman Jean-René Fourtou's closing address to the ICC 35th World Congress, delivered Wednesday 9 June, 2004.

ICC calls for swift conclusion of Doha round
Marrakesh, 9 June 2004 Leaders of world business today urged all World Trade Organization (WTO) member countries to work hard to put the Doha Development Agenda back on track by July.

Shipowners call for coordinated international sea patrols
Marrakesh, 8 June 2004 Shipowners gathered at the ICC 35th World Congress today called for coordinated naval patrols among South East Asian governments to counter the growing threat of piracy.

Bilateral trade deals are a threat to multilateralism: Bhagwati
Marrakesh, 8 June 2004 The recent proliferation of bilateral trade agreements is harmful to the multilateral system, Professor Jagdish Bhagwati said here today during a signing of his recently released book, In Defense of Globalization.

Business outlines plan to fight theft of intellectual property
Marrakesh, 7 June 2004 World business leaders today urged governments to allocate substantially greater attention and resources to combat the rapidly growing rate of piracy of intellectual property rights and production of counterfeit goods.

Companies recognised for outstanding development projects
Marrakesh, 8 June 2004 A "miracle sachet" which makes even the filthiest water fit to drink, a c ompany encouraging the development of bee-keeping in rural Africa and a project to get Indian farmers surfing the web were all recognised today as recipient of the inaugural World Business Awards.

Business announces plan to make ICTs and the internet available to all
Marrakesh, 8 June 2004 World business leaders today called on governments to join them in creating the right conditions for information and communication technologies and the internet to reach their full potential as engines of economic growth and social development.

Poll finds companies dissatisfied with slow Doha progress
Marrakesh, 7 June 2004 A worldwide poll of business leaders has found widespread dissatisfaction among companies with the slow pace of progress in world trade talks and the lack of political leadership being shown on the issue.

Fourtou stands up for the global economy
Paris, 1 June 2004 With less than a week to go before the opening of ICC's 35th World Congress in Marrakesh, ICC Chairman, Jean-René Fourtou has given an exclusive interview to Le Figaro Entreprises newspaper about the key themes of the congress.

ICC urges compliance with international shipping code
Paris, 28 May 2004 ICC calls on governments to urgently process applications for ISPS Code compliance before the 1 July 2004 deadline and warns that failure to meet the deadline could seriously disrupt or at worse bring to a halt the flow of international commerce.

ICC surveys privacy experts on international data transfers
Paris, 18 May 2004 How can a company transfer personal data between its operations in countries with diffe ring data protection rules?

Piracy attacks staved off in areas of committed law enforcement
London, 7 May 2004 ICC's quarterly piracy report, released today, shows early signs that positive action taken by the Indian Coast Guard, the Royal Malaysian Police and the Philippine Coast Guard has resulted in no attacks for those area s in the first quarter of 2004.

"EU surveillance plans go too far", business tells ministers
Paris, 4 May 2004 The International Chamber of Commerce is dismayed at a proposal to the Council of Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs to introduce communications data retention throughout Europe, and has written to each European minister of justice to ask that the proposal be dropped. The proposal was made by France, Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Help consumers to click and buy with confidence
Paris, 31 March 2004 Most people making purchases online hesitate before that click of no return. They wonder whether the supplier can be counted on to deliver, and whether the item will be all that was claimed in the advertising.

US must not become world's antitrust regulator, ICC tells Supreme Court
Paris, 25 February 2004 The International Chamber of Commerce has called on the United States Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision subjecting transactions among foreign companies outside the United States to American antitrust jurisdiction

World economic confidence at 10 year high, poll finds
Paris, 17 February 2004 Global economic confidence is at a ten year high, according to the results of the latest ICC/Ifo World Economic Survey, with sustained growth expected in all regions of the world.

Seventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 7)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 9 to 20 February 2004 "the results of these meetings . . . mark a new stage in the life of the Convention: implementation." Hamdallah Zedan - Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

Business introduces a spam-fighting resource for Internet users
Brussels, 2 February 2004 The International Chamber of Commerce today launched a global spam-fighting resource to help Internet users reduce their exposure to unwanted email.

Piracy takes higher toll of seamen's lives
London, 28 January 2004 Pirate attacks worldwide increased in frequency and violence last year, with a total of 445 incidents reported compared with 370 in 2002, the ICC International Maritime Bureau reported today.

New paper clears up confusion over Internet governance
Paris, 27 January 2004 With the express aim of clearing up the confusion over Internet governance, ICC has written a new paper clarifying how the internet functions, enumerating the different technical bodies which help to run it and listing the public policy issues it currently affects.

Coordinated checks aid fraud detection
London, 23 January 2004 The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has reported a spate of cargo frauds last year targeting different banks but with common characteristics.

Chinese bank executive wants ICC trade rules to keep up with the times
Paris, 8 January 2004 Chinese banks widely accept ICC trade rules, a top official of the Bank of China has asserted in an interview to be published in the quarterly newsletter Documentary Credits Insight, due out on 25 January.

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