United Nations Global Compact
Miembros
President:
Rodrigo Hafid Dagda Pérez
Moderator:
Ximena Gómez Farías Laso
Conference Officer:
Daniel Emiliano Navarrete Trejo
Contáctanos: gc.ulsacmun@gmail.com
Background: The creation of the UN
Global Compact was announced by the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in an
address to the World Economic Forum on 31 January 1999, and was officially
launched at UN Headquarters in New York City on 26 July 2000. The Global
Compact Office works based on a mandate set out by the UN General Assembly as
an organization that seeks to promote responsible business practices and UN
values among the global business community and the UN System.
Currently, the UN Global
Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability (a.k.a. corporate
social responsibility) initiative with 13000 corporate participants and other
stakeholders over 170 countries.
Main goals of the Committee: The United Nations Global
Compact (UN Global Compact) is a voluntary corporate strategic policy
initiative for companies that commit to aligning their operations and
strategies with the Ten Universal Principles on Human Rights, Labor Standards,
the Environment, and Anti-Corruption. It has two roles, which are to embed the
Ten Principles into business strategy and operations around the world and to
catalyze business action in support of United Nations goals and issues.
The Ten Principles of the
UN Global Compact are:
Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection
of internationally declared human rights.
Principle 2: Companies should ensure that they are not
participants in human rights violations.
Principle 3: Companies should uphold freedom of association and
the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining.
Principle 4: Businesses should advocate for the elimination of all
forms of forced or compulsory labor.
Principle 5: Businesses should advocate for the effective
abolition of child labor.
Principle 6: Businesses should advocate for the elimination of
discrimination concerning employment and occupation.
Principle 7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to
environmental challenges.
Principle 8: Companies should carry out initiatives to encourage
greater environmental responsibility.
Principle 9: Companies should promote the development and
diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.
Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its
forms, such as extortion and bribery.
Topic A:
Updating and review of agreements on human and labor rights by principles 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Global Compact.
SDG’s linked to the topic: Goal 1: End
poverty in all its forms everywhere; Goal 8: Promote sustained,
inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and
decent work for all; Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among
countries.
Phenomena like forced or coerced labor and child labor are problems that are becoming more common in society. Even big companies such as Apple and Microsoft have faced accusations of child exploitation. Also, in countries like Sudan and Indonesia, among others, the conditions of child labor are inhumane, so these principles seek to reduce and solve these actions. Therefore, in this topic, the first 6 principles of the Global Compact will be reviewed. It should be noted that they will speak from the position of the country or company assigned to each delegate.
Human rights are supposed to be universal, and every person deserves to be treated with dignity. Every employee in the world should have decent working conditions. However, both human and labor rights are not respected to this day. Governments must protect people from third parties, who can easily abuse people. Businesses and companies, in coordination with States and NGOs, must act diligently to avoid violating the rights of others. We know for sure that despite different measures that have been developed to improve the working conditions of employees, child labor and forced labor are still a reality and governments are not working hard enough to stop this.
Topic B: Updating and review of the framework against acts of corruption related to direct damage to the environment, by principles 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the Global Compact.
SDG’s linked to the topic: Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation; Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns; Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts; Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources; and Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss.
Since the dawn of the
industrial era, the effects of business development over ecology and natural
environment have been present. However, it wasn’t until the 1970’s that global
consciousness towards these effects and how to mitigate them began. Nowadays, companies
like Adidas and Nike have actions that help the environment, for example, their
tennis shoes are made from plastic waste or algae or garbage from the sea.
While countries like China and India are the main polluting countries in the
world, this is why the Global Compact tries to combat the environmental
problem.
So, in this, which is the
second topic, the last 4 of the 10 principles that the global pact has will be
discussed, however, it will be spoken from the position of the companies that
fall to each delegate. In some cases, the delegate will debate both topics with
the country that has been assigned. Corruption has negative impacts on
sustainable development and on the environment. Behaviors such as the
processing of illegal permits or licenses for the exploitation of natural
resources through the payment of bribes to public officials, cause the loss of
resources, and habitats and the destruction of ecosystems on which millions of
people and animals depend. Various sectors such as forestry, endangered species
protection, water supply, oil extraction, hazardous waste removal, and
management are particularly vulnerable to this type of corruption.
Therefore, social awareness
is a critical factor in driving a global anti-corruption movement to pressure
large corporations to correct their acts of corruption.
C. Summoned delegations (the ones in red have already been assigned)
1.Adidas Company (CEO Kasper Rorsted) (Topic A) / Volkswagen (CEO Herbert Diess) (Topic B)
2. Amazon Company (CEO Jeff Bezos) (Topic A) / UN Environment Programme (Topic B)
3. Apple Inc. (CEO Tim Cook) (Topic A) / Mexico (Topic B)
4. Bayer (CEO Werner Baumann) (Both topics)
5. Berkshire Hathaway (CEO Warren Buffet) (Topic A) / El Salvador (Topic B)
6. Brazil (Topic A) / Exxon Mobil Corporation (CEO Darren Woods) (Topic B)
7. Germany (Both topics)
8. Hexagon AB (CEO Ola Rollén) (Both topics)
9. Human Rights Watch (Topic A) / Thermo Fishers Scientific (CEO Marc N. Casper) (Topic B)
10. India (Topic A) / Procter & Gamble (CEO David S. Taylor) (Topic B)
11. Indonesia (Topic A) / Grupo México (CEO Germán Larrea) (Topic B)
12. Italy (Both topics)
13. Japan (Both topics)
14. Microsoft Company (CEO Satya Nadella) (Both topics)
15. Nike Company (CEO Mark Parker) (Topic A) / Peru (Topic B)
16. People’s Republic of China (Both topics)
17. Russian Federation (Both topics)
18. Saudi Arabia (Topic A) / UN Office on Drugs and Crime (Topic B)
19. Sudan (Topic A) / Waste Connections (CEO Ronald J. Mittelstaedt) (Topic B)
20. Tesla Motors-SpaceX (CEO Elon Musk) (Both topics)
21. Thailand (Topic A) / UN Convention against Corruption (Topic B)
22. United Nations Human Rights Council (Topic A) / France (Topic B)
23. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Both topics)
24. United States of America (Both topics)
25. Venezuela (Topic A) / Coca-Cola Company (CEO James Quincey) (Topic B)