HRI Social and Humanitarian IOs from the Perspective of Global Businesses Geneva Seminar
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HRI
Geneva Seminar
13-14 December 2010
Social and Humanitarian IOs from the Perspective of
Global Businesses
IO Session 3
Social and Humanitarian Policy
World Health Organization
International Labour Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization (+IFAD &WFP)
International Organization for Migration
Human Rights Council
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
International Committee for the Red Cross
World Health Organization
World Health Assembly – 192 Member States
Executive Board – 34 members (3 year terms in rotation)
Secretariat – 8000 employees
Budget 2010-2011:
$4.540 billion ($928.8 million assessed)
$3.368 billion base programme budget
$700 million core voluntary contributions
$2.896 billion other
$822 million special programmes and collaborative arrangements
$350 million for outbreak and crisis response
WHO Partnerships and Special
Outreach Initiatives
Pesticides for public
Global Outbreak Alert
health
3x5 Initiative
Stop TB Partnership
Partnership for
Maternal, Newborn and
Child Health
and Response Network
Blood safety
Buruli ulcer
Rollback Malaria
International Treatment
Access Coalition
NGOs in Official Relations WHO
185 NGOs including
Global Health Council
Industry Council for Development
IFPMA
Accreditation usually requires two years of prior
formal cooperation with a WHO entity
New policy debated in 2004 but dropped
WHO Priority Issues
Substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled
/falsified/counterfeit medical products
Sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and
other benefits
Public health, innovation and intellectual property
Prevention and control of NCDs
Future of financing for WHO
WHO Standards and Policies
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Revised International Health Regulations
Codes, guidelines, recommendations
Infant formula
Marketing to children
Global Strategies and Action Plans
Diet, physical activity and health
Non-communicable diseases
International Labour Organization
Founded in 1919 in Treaty of Versailles
Unique tripartite structure
Standard-setting orientation through conventions and
recommendations
Working time, safety and health at work
Freedom of association and the right to collective
bargaining
ILO Governance
International Labour Conference – 183 members
Governing Body – 56 members (26 governments, 14
workers and employers)
Committee of Experts
Budget 2010-2011:
$665.116 million (assessed)
Ca $500 million extrabudgetary
ILO Strategic Objectives
Standards and fundamental principles and rights at
work
Employment
Social protection
Social dialogue
Recent ILO Policy Statements
Declaration of Fundamental Principles and Rights at
Work (1998)
Promotion of Sustainable Enterprises (2007)
Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization
(2008)
Global Jobs Pact (2009)
ILO Partnerships
Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning
Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (1977 and
regularly updated)
New approach: The ILO seeks partnerships with
companies and foundations that share its core values and
respect internationally recognized principles with respect
to labour, human rights, the environment and corruption
(Global Compact).
In developing the partnership, guidance and policy advice
will be offered by the ILO to bring your company into line
with recognized decent work principles
ILO PPP Help Desk
A free and confidential service to help companies
allign their operations with international labour
standards and the ILO approach to socially responsible
labour practices.
A one-stop shop for accessing ILO expertise in the
areas of social protection, the protection of workers’
rights, sustainable enterprise development, conditions
of work, social safety nets and industrial relations.
Contact the ILO Help Desk –
by email at [email protected]
by telephone at +41-22-799-6264
Supply Chain Improvement
The ILO’s Better Work Programme
Helps enterprises bring their practices into line with
core ILO labour standards and national labour law.
Strong emphasis is placed on improving workermanagement cooperation, working conditions and
social dialogue
International Organization for
Migration
Purpose: the orderly and humane management of
international migration
Origins in Inter-Governmental Committee for European
Migration (1951-2)
Became International Organization for Migration in
1989 – 127 members
Executive Committee – 35 members
Budget 2010:
$39.39 million administrative (assessed)
$619.0 million operational
$43.7 million discretionary income
Other Migration-related Entities
Global Migration Group
International Dialogue on Migration
Global Migration Forum
Meeting annually since 2007
2011 meeting to be hosted by Switzerland
Human Rights Council
47 members (down from 53)
Nominations from regional groups in UNGA
Three year terms in rotation
Key features
Complaints procedure
Universal periodic review
Special procedures
Two review procedures underway
Business and Human Rights
Draft norms rejected by Commission
Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Professor John Ruggie
UN « Protect, Respect and Remedy » Framework
Draft principles and options for follow-up to be
addressed in 2011
International Committee of the
Red Cross
Work on behalf of people affected by war
Detainees
- Ensuring economic security
Protecting civilians - Water and habitation
Reuniting families
- Health
Assembly: 15 to 25 « co-opted » (now 16)
Must be Swiss
Budget 2011: $1.2 billion (highest ever)
$183 million HQ
UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights
Appointed by UNGA
Administers treaty-based bodies
Civil and political rights
Economic, social and cultural rights
Six others
Budget 2010: $115.3 million
Voluntary contributions $119.9 million (2008)
UN High Commissioner for
Refugees
Established in 1951
Assists 10.5 million refugees (2009)
Repatriation, local integration, resettlement
Also assists 14.4 million internally displaced people (of
a total of 26 million)
Budget 2010: $3.058 billion (93% from govts)
6880 employees (710 in HQ)
Food and Agriculture Organization
Achieving food security for all through regular access
to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy
lives.
Raise levels of nutrition,
Improve agricultural productivity,
Better the lives of rural populations and
Contribute to the growth of the world economy.
Campaign targeted to 1 billion hungry people
FAO Governance
FAO Conference every two years,
Council of 49 member countries, three-year rotating
terms
The Conference also elects a Director-General to a sixyear term.
The current Director-General, Dr Jacques Diouf, of
Senegal, began his third term in January 2006
2010-2011 Budget: $1 billion
International Fund for Agricultural
Development
The Governing Council is IFAD's highest decision-
making authority.
The Executive Board oversees general operations and
approves its programme of work.
List A: eight Members and eight Alternate Members;
List B: four Members and four Alternate Members;
List C: six Members and six Alternate Members
Current budget: $800 million
World Food Programme
WFP Executive Board of 36 Member States
Executive Director - appointed jointly by the UN
Secretary General and the Director-General of FAO
(UN Food and Agriculture Organization)
Five-year term – Josette Shearan (2007)
WFP Strategic Direction
2008 Plan marks a historic shift from WFP as a food
aid agency to WFP as a food assistance agency, with a
more nuanced set of tools to respond to critical hunger
needs.
WFP relies entirely on voluntary contributions for its
funding - $3.6 billion in 2010
Principal donors are governments
But they also receive donations from the private sector
and individuals.