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Multilateralism & Multi-stakeholderism: Where does accountability for the corporate sector fit in?
24 September 2021 @ 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
Free
Join this UNGA76 side event exploring corporate influence across the United Nations System, and identifying ways in which civil society and all actors can resist corporate influence with a view to build a more accountable and equitable system that operates in the interests of people and planet, rather than profit.
Register: bit.ly/AccountabilityForCorporateSector
Speakers will include:
- Moderator: Barbara Adams, Global Policy Forum
- Cai Yiping, Development Alternatives for Women (DAWN)
- Emilia Reyes, Campaign of Campaigns/Equidad de Genero
- Debbie Stothard, ALTSEAN / Steering Committee of Corporate Accountability Working Group at ESCR-Net
Some guiding questions:
- How can pushes for inclusivity have unintended consequences for enhancing corporate influence across the United Nations system?
- How do states and governments use PPPs and the idea of multistakeholderism to obfuscate responsibilities to their populations?
- How can corporations be held accountable to Human Rights mechanisms and international law?
- What changes are needed to transform the way in which the UN System is funded to reduce or combat corporate capture of decision-making?
This event will be recorded and uploaded to the Women’s Major Group YouTube Channel. Interpretation will be available in French and Spanish.
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