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<div class="moz-forward-container">Well, I spoke too soon when I
said in my last email "The rest of world has simply not waken up
to this demon, which is making slow but serious progress, although
somewhat clandestinely, against the values and institutions of
democracy. "<br>
<br>
People outside the charmed IG circles are indeed now picking up
the dangers of equal footing MSism as being a part of the neolib
design to corporatize global governance. The cat, as they, is out
of the bag... The civil society equal footing MS-ists would no
longer be able to obfuscate their positions and pass off as
mainstream civil society. They are not. Mainstream civil society
is for democracy, and is extremely bothered about the new cult of
TNCs dominating global governance spaces.<br>
<br>
parminder <br>
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<td>[Members] Fwd: [Post 2015 Women's Coalition]
Privatization of Global Governance: Corporate Influence at
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<td>Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:03:00 +0530</td>
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<td>anita <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:anita@itforchange.net"><anita@itforchange.net></a></td>
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The attached report starts powerfully,<br>
<br>
"As globalization has compounded the power of large transnational
corporations (TNCs) in recent decade, big<br>
business has consolidated its influence on global governance and
the United Nations in particular. In that multi-<br>
lateral setting, corporate actors have been granted privileged
access to decision-makers, and their interests have<br>
become more prominent as calls for legally binding instruments for
TNCs become more sidelined. In the ongoing<br>
discussions towards a post-2015 sustainable development agenda,
the private sector is positioning itself as the<br>
solution to current global challenges – while simultaneously
attempting in other fora to evade UN oversight and<br>
regulation. The embrace of a voluntary “partnership†approach
has resulted in a corresponding shift towards a<br>
multi-stakeholder governance paradigm – buoyed by big business
and the governments invested in it1 – in the<br>
World Economic Forum, the World Trade Organization, and the
agencies and agendas of the UN."<br>
<br>
It asserts that<br>
<br>
"Labeling all actors stakeholders, as if all were equal and<br>
had the same interest, obscures the power imbalances<br>
between various sectors and the vast differences between<br>
their agendas. It promotes a depoliticized model of govern-<br>
ance that negates the different interests and power struc-<br>
tures inherent in the global economic system."<br>
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and <br>
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I think the recommendations may be useful - for us to resonate the
same message - albeit more contextually to the aims of JNC - and
to contribute to their website our deconstructions of the state of
play in the digital domain<br>
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"<b>Post-2015<br>
»<br>
Build an intergovernmental accountability framework in the
post-2015 agenda, with government-adopted<br>
guidelines and government monitoring. House a monitoring and
oversight hub for “partnerships†within a<br>
strong and effective High-Level Political Forum, tasked with
monitoring the implementation of the post-2015<br>
agenda.<br>
Business and Human Rights<br>
» Call for effective international regulation of TNCs through
ensuring the establishment of an open-ended<br>
 intergovernmental working group tasked with a draft mandate,
in accordance with the recent resolution in the<br>
 UN Human Rights Council (HRC).<br>
» Strengthen the central role of the HRC in the business and
human rights discourse, in recognition of its<br>
 unique role to provide global leadership in human rights by
strengthening standards and creating effective<br>
 implementation and accountability mechanisms."<br>
<br>
<br>
</b>anita<b><br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,<br>
<br>
Global Policy Forum is pleased to share its new web portal on
corporate influence at the UN, part of a broader research
focus on the privatization of global governance. We have
compiled recent GPF analysis, relevant UN documents, and an
extensive listing of reports and articles by civil society
organizations and think tanks, tracking the consolidation of
corporate power in the multilateral setting. As this work
illustrates, corporations and their proxies are transforming
the discourse and/or blocking progressive outcomes in both the
UN's sustainable development post-2015 agenda and the business
and human rights processes, pushing (overtly and/or silently)
for "multi-stakeholder" governance models and voluntary,
non-binding corporate social responsibility commitments. <a
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href="http://www.globalpolicy.org/corporate-influence.html">Read
more</a>Â on the history of corporate influence at the UN,
its current manifestations, and GPF's recommendations on
reversing the corporate capture of the UN. <br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.globalpolicy.org/images/pdfs/GPFEurope/GPF__Briefing_1.pdf">GPF
Briefing 1: Privatizing Global Governance: Corporate
Influence at the United Nations</a>Â <br>
Global Policy Forum has undertaken significant research to
track and chart the increasing power and influence of
corporations in global governance settings, particularly the
UN. We are pleased to share with you our new Briefing on
Corporate Influence (attached), which includes main messages
and recommendations.<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.globalpolicy.org/newsletter-mm.html">Sign
up</a> to join the Global Policy Forum listserv. <br>
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Best,<br>
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<b>Kathryn (Katie) Tobin</b><br>
Global Policy Forum<br>
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