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Archives 2005 : | |
| As a strong supporter of the Doha Round multilateral trade negotiations, ICC welcomes the fact that the WTO Ministerial Conference held last week in Hong Kong reached agreement on a declaration which keeps the Round alive. |
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Seeing the big picture on climate change
The latest UN summit is underway in Montreal, once again wrestling with the knotted politics of climate change, following the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol and the first year of experience with the EU Emissions Trading System. |
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Governing bodies endorse changes at ICC
At their end-year meetings last week at ICC's Paris headquarters, ICC's Executive Board and World Council approved changes in the leadership of the organization and set new strategic priorities to focus on the most pressing needs of world business at the present time. |
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Liber Amicorum in honour of Robert Briner
Friends and colleagues gathered at the Pavillon Gabriel here today to honour Dr Robert Briner, who is shortly to step down as Chairman of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. |
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Economists see moderate world economic upturn
A moderate cyclical upturn in the world economy in the fourth quarter of 2005 is reported today in the World Economic Survey of corporate economists carried out by the International Chamber of Commerce and the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich. |
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Introducing NetCase, a new tool for arbitration
In a further move to save time and money, the ICC International Court of Arbitration today launched NetCase, allowing arbitrations to be conducted on-line 24 hours a day from any computer in the world. |
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Mary Robinson to chair World Business Awards panel
Mary Robinson, the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and former president of Ireland, has agreed to chair the selection panel for the 2006 World Business Awards in support of the Millennium Development Goals. |
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A free and open Internet is the best business model
As the World Summit on the Information Society took place in Tunis this week, an article by ICC Secretary General Guy Sebban urging delegates at the Summit to focus on how to optimise the Internet as a tool for development was published in Les Echos (France) and Le Temps (Switzerland). |
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Mayday call from troubled waters
Writing in the Hong Kong daily newspaper the South China Morning Post, Captain Pottengal Mukundan, Director of the ICC International Maritime Bureau called for international action to protect against maritime piracy |
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Global trade talks need to succeed
In an article published in the Singaporean daily newspaper The Straits Times, ICC Secretary General Guy Sebban stressed the need for a successful conclusion to the Doha round of trade negotiations. |
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Business opposed to proposed models of internet governance
Companies participating here in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) have opposed plans for an intergovernmental body overseeing administration of the Internet, saying it would only serve to “create uncertainty and hinder innovation”. |
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ICC Madagascar hosts export forum
The government and business community of Madagascar put their heads together to determine how to boost the country’s exports at a forum organized by ICC Madagascar last week. |
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ICC’s US affiliate celebrates 60th birthday
The United States Council for International Business (USCIB), an affiliate of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), marked its 60th birthday with a dinner at the New York Stock Exchange on 7 November. |
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Attention should be paid to the drafting of arbitration clauses
The ICC International Court of Arbitration today issued a warning to negotiators of contracts and legal counsel about the importance of clearly specifying recourse to ICC arbitration in their contracts if they contemplate submitting potential disputes to ICC arbitration. |
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Stop IP Theft
Writing in the The Wall Street Journal, Bob Wright, vice chairman of GE, chairman and CEO of NBC Universal, and a founding member of BASCAP’s Global Leadership Group, calls on business leaders and governments around the world to mobilize the resources necessary to protect intellectual property. |
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ICC appeals for naval protection against pirates
An alarming rise in the number of piracy attacks off the coast of Somalia is reported by the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB). After a quiet spell of nearly two years, says the bureau, serious attacks by heavily-armed pirates have resumed: 25 in the past six months. In one incident a ship was lured into danger by pirates firing bogus distress flares. |
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Protecting the whistleblowers
The International Chamber of Commerce has urged the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (French data protection authority or CNIL) to clarify its guidelines on corporate whistleblowing by employees. |
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ICC backs anti-counterfeiting congress
The International Chamber of Commerce, the world business organization, is giving full support to a Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy convened by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and Interpol in the French city of Lyon on 14 and 15 November. |
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Revised ICC rules on documentary credits make progress
ICC’s Banking Commission yesterday wrapped up two days of intense discussions on proposed revisions to ICC’s universally used rules on documentary credits. This was the first time a full draft of the revised rules had been presented to the Commission. |
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IP fraud growing, warns ICC
In a special report on intellectual property rights, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) warns that the problem of counterfeiting and piracy is growing “at a more dangerous rate than ever”. |
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WTO Director-General meets with members of ICC Chairmanship
On Friday 21 October 2005, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy met informally with members of the ICC Chairmanship at ICC’s international headquarters in Paris. Present at the meeting were ICC Vice Chairman Marcus Wallenberg, ICC Honorary Chairman Jean-René Fourtou and ICC Secretary General Guy Sebban. |
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Unprecedented increase in piracy attacks off Somalia
The International Maritime Bureau has reported an unprecedented increase in the number of serious attacks off Somalia. Recently two vessels have been attacked around 90 miles off the coast over two consecutive days by pirates. |
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New ICC tools and rules in the pipeline
Top international lawyers will meet in Paris later this month to discuss and adopt a wide range of new International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) rules and tools of vital importance for business contracts. |
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Business toughens anti-bribery rules
The International Chamber of Commerce today issued a tougher version of its Rules of Conduct to Combat Extortion and Bribery, including a stronger rejection of facilitation payments and a requirement that companies establish confidential channels for staff members to seek advice and report violations without fear of retaliation. |
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Business urges multistakeholder participation in WSIS and its outcomes
Emphasizing the vast multi-billion dollar investment of business in creating and developing the Internet, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) today expressed disquiet at the failure of the preparatory conference that ended in Geneva last Friday to fully involve business in preparations for the final part of WSIS in Tunis on 16-18 November. |
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ICC workshop on mastering letters of credit and preventing fraud
Letters of credit provide the finance for more than US$1 trillion of world trade a year – some 15%. To help clarify practitioners’ rights vis-à-vis these vital documents, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is organizing an interactive workshop at its Paris headquarters on 26 October 2005. |
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DCInsight focuses on UCP 500 revision
DCInsight, ICC's authoritative quarterly newsletter on documentary credits, has become even more indispensable as the revision of UCP 500 moves into its final stages. |
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ICC Chairman speaks at Eurochambres Congress
Yong Sung Park, Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday that the organization is "extremely concerned" that the Doha trade negotiations are now in "serious trouble". He called on ICC national committees and chambers of commerce around the world to keep up pressure on governments to achieve the aims of the Doha Round in agriculture, services and trade facilitation. |
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Chile to join ATA Carnet system
Chile is to accept ATA Carnets, an International Chamber of Commerce facility for the temporary duty-free admission of goods, from 1 October this year, thereby becoming the first Latin American country to join the Carnet system. |
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World poverty cannot be reduced without the help of business
As heads of state and government from around the globe gather at the 2005 World Summit of the United Nations to review progress toward the Millennium Development Goals, ICC Secretary General Guy Sebban issued this article highlighting the crucial role business plays in poverty reduction. |
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Nominations sought for 2006 World Business Awards
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) are issuing a worldwide call for nominations for the 2006 World Business Awards. |
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September publication from ICC
ICC Publishing's latest publication, Parallel State and Arbitral Procedures in International Arbitration, examines the practical issues that can develop when there are parallel arbitrations involving different arbitrators and when commercial arbitrations run in tandem with state legal procedures. |
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ICC urges action to defeat corruption
ICC is concerned that very few countries have ratified the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, signed back in December 2003. It urges all countries that signed the convention in Merida, Mexico, more than 18 months ago to ratify the convention and start implementing it into national law. |
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IMB report finds piracy declining
According to a recently released report from the ICC's International Maritime Bureau, the number of reported piracy attacks worldwide is down approximately 30%. |
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Kroes asks ICC's Competition Commission for support in building growth, jobs
Neelie Kroes, the recently appointed EU Commissioner on Competition, addressed over 40 competition experts from ICC member companies in different sectors and countries last week in Brussels, briefing them on her mandate and encouraging the ICC Commission on Competition to work with her and her team toward building a favourable climate to help businesses create badly needed growth and jobs. |
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World business community delivers appeal to G8 leaders
In a statement issued to all G8 leaders, businesses from around the world asked them to use their upcoming meeting in Scotland on 6-8 July to address four key issues: drawing developing countries into the global economy, particularly Africa; bringing the Doha trade negotiations to a successful close; addressing climate change more effectively; and protecting intellectual property and innovation. |
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Two new ICC books you can bank on
The latest publication in the popular series of ICC Banking Commission opinions, Unpublished Opinions 1995-2004, is now available from ICC Books. Also hot off the press this month comes Treaties and International Documents Used in International Trade Law, the second edition of a compilation of the most important intergovernmental and private documents that provide the legal basis for international commerce. |
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ICC strengthened in Central America
The World Council of the International Chamber of Commerce today welcomed two new members, the national committees of ICC Dominican Republic and ICC Guatemala. |
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How IP benefits developing countries
Developing countries can and do benefit from the intellectual property (IP) system. This was the robust message conveyed by panellists in an ICC-hosted discussion in the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) yesterday. It sought to reassure developing countries which had questioned whether IP, and particularly the patent system, was of benefit to their people. |
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ICC panel sets out to reduce IP divide
A move to reassure developing countries about the benefits of protecting intellectual property will take place on 21 June during the Inter-sessional Intergovernmental Meeting on a Development Agenda for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). |
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ICC calls for investment in ports as bottlenecks build up
ICC is concerned about the inadequacy of infrastructure serving many ports worldwide, threatening the smooth flow of global trade. It calls on the freight industry and public authorities to act now to expand freight transport infrastructure, reducing congestion on roads and railways to ports and eliminating bottlenecks. In many ports, freight containers are piling high as a result of bottlenecks. |
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ICC Chairman meets EC President and Trade Commissioner
The Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce, Yong Sung Park, met today with the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and the EU Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson, to discuss pressing economic and trade issues and their impact on world business. |
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Economists predict "soft landing" for world economy
Expectations for the global economy deteriorated for the fifth time in succession, but remained above the long-term average, a world poll of 1,118 corporate and academic economists in 91 countries disclosed today. |
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How business is making the world better
One interesting thing about corporate social responsibility is just how long we in business have been talking about it. Certainly a decade, perhaps longer. |
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"Without further ado, let the Business Action begin!"
These were the words of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development 13 (UNCSD 13) Chair, John Ashe, when he opened the Business Action event, at the high-level segment of the annual conference in New York last week. |
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Business makes recommendations on corporate governance
Over 100 business leaders, experts and investors from more than 30 countries converged in Istanbul yesterday at an ICC roundtable on corporate governance, to put forward practical recommendations and to determine corporate governance best practices. |
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Business urges concept of Global Alliance
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Secretary General Maria Livanos Cattaui supported the concept of a global alliance on ICTs for development and the information society at the Eighth Meeting of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) Task Force in Dublin last week. |
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ICC calls for progress on Doha round in lead-up to Hong Kong
In a policy statement prepared by business experts on trade and investment policy, the International Chamber of Commerce recommends ways to make progress in the World Trade Organization's Doha round of trade negotiations in the lead-up to a key meeting of government ministers in Hong Kong in December. |
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Key Words in International Trade goes interactive
In a globalized world economy where national borders are increasingly blurred by transnational trade and multiple language groups are commonplace in daily business transactions, being able to capture the exact meaning of trade terminology is a pre-condition to success. |
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ICC puts business view at VAT talks
The International Chamber of Commerce was involved in a high-level consultation in Rome with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), focusing on consumption taxes. |
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Business shows support for forum
ICC's Commission on E-business, IT and Telecommunications (EBITT) has expressed its support for a forum of discussion that would enable governments, business and civil society organizations to bolster the information society. |
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Business Action for Water now online
Business Action for Water (BAW), a joint initiative of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), has this week launched a website to publicize the business position on water policy. |
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ICC applauds non-financial reporting by companies
Companies that provide information on the economic, environmental and social impacts of their activities are praised by the International Chamber of Commerce in a policy statement published this week. |
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Business rallies resources to fight increase in counterfeit goods
Business people from around the world today stepped up their efforts to stop the spread of counterfeit goods and intellectual property theft, pledging additional resources and funds to Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP), a cross-sectoral business initiative launched by ICC in November 2004. |
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Business cooperation crucial to tackle Africa's water and energy crisis
According to the ministers and business leaders attending a high-level international meeting on the environment here yesterday, the water and energy crisis threatening much of Africa can only be resolved with greater investment in relevant infrastructure and services by the private sector. |
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Economists see world economic slowdown
A panel of more than 1,100 corporate and academic economists from all parts of the world today registered a slight deterioration in the world economic climate for the fourth time in succession in a quarterly global economic survey conducted by the International Chamber of Commerce and the Munich-based Ifo economic research institute. |
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ICC calls for free market in mobile telecommunications
ICC Secretary General Maria Livanos Cattaui today stressed the importance of allowing market forces to drive the progress of global wireless communications and urged business leaders to maximize the use of wireless technology to communicate, innovate and change the way they do business. |
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ICC calls for free market in mobile telecommunications
ICC Secretary General Maria Livanos Cattaui today stressed the importance of allowing market forces to drive the progress of global wireless communications and urged business leaders to maximize the use of wireless technology to communicate, innovate and change the way they do business. |
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European Union approves clauses for international data transfers
On 27 December 2004, the European Commission approved the standard contractual clauses for data transfers proposed by seven international business associations as offering an "adequate level of data protection" under the EU's strict data protection laws. Companies can now use the clauses to provide a legal basis for transfers to data controllers outside of Europe as from 1 April 2005. |
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