OREANDA-NEWS. May 22, 2008. A meeting of the Taskforce ‘Business and Human Rights’ of the Ukrainian Network of UN Global Compact Participants took place on 16th May. Representatives of DTEK and Interpipe were elected the Co-Chairmen of the Taskforce.

The Taskforce includes Ukrainian companies and organizations which are active in the CSR field: DTEK, Interpipe, Coca-Cola, Foxtrot, Telenor, Astelit Life, Tchest&Pravo, Ernst&Young, the Federation of Employers, the Federation of Trade Unions and the Confederation of Employers.

The Taskforce will arrange meetings of businessmen with the management of Ukrainian state agencies and public organizations interested in expanding cooperation in the human resources area. In particular, the participants of the Taskforce will deal with the development of a common position of Ukrainian business in regard to human rights, challenges of HIV/AIDS prevention, arrangement for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly among others.