Follow the Web links indicated for important updates from USCIB’s global business affiliates: the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Organisation of Employers and the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD.
 
    
 
Get Environment Policy Right, Business Urges OECD Business representatives told environment ministers gathered in Paris that forging an active partnership with the private sector is essential to achieving sustainable development.
www.uscib.org/docs/biac_environment_release.pdf
 
Kyoto and “Clean Development” The “clean development mechanism” established under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions is now ready to register projects advancing the goals of the agreement.
www.uscib.org/index.asp?DocumentID=2865
 
Balancing Hard Law and Soft Law
Top international lawyers plant to meet in Rome to discuss how best to further a uniform legal framework for international business contracts.
www.iccwbo.org/home/news_archives/2004/hard_soft_law.asp
 
The Crucial Role of Small Business
Small and medium-sized enterprises account for over 95 percent of businesses in most industrialized nations, a fact recognized by the OECD in its ongoing program to address the needs of smaller companies.
www.uscib.org/index.asp?documentID=2883
 
Exemptions OK’d Under Ozone Treaty Parties to the Montreal Protocol on ozone-depleting substances have granted limited "critical use exemptions" to 11 developed countries facing a year-end deadline for phasing out methyl bromide.
www.uscib.org/index.asp?DocumentID=2862
 
Young “Apprentices” Vie for Best Business Plan Donald Trump may not deliver the verdict, but budding entrepreneurs from around the world are honing their business plans for Junior Chamber International’s annual competition.
www.iccwbo.org/home/news_archives/2004/JCI_comp.asp