Other international institutions
What international institutions, other than international financial institutions, does PWYP focus on?
United Nations
The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on “Strengthening transparency in industries” on September 11. It emphasises that transparency and accountability should be embraced and promoted by all its member states and notes the efforts of countries participating in the EITI. The resolution was tabled by the Government of Azerbaijan and co-sponsored by 22 other countries, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Germany, Italy, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Moldova, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Sierra Leone, Spain, Timor-Leste, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Yemen.
The Resolution also calls upon the international community to strengthen the capacity of resource-rich countries, especially those emerging from conflict situations, to negotiate fair and transparent contracts for the use, extraction and processing of their natural resources.
Furthermore, it urges the private sector, including corporations engaged in the extractive industries, to promote the principles of honesty, transparency and accountability in order to maximize the contribution of the private sector to the realization of social and people-centred sustainable development.
G8
The G8 has made numerous statements and commitments to increasing transparency and promoting transparency and accountability, in particular with relation to support of the EITI. PWYP engages with the G8 to ensure these issue are kept on the agenda.
Excerpts of G8 transparency commitments can found in the following documents:
- G8 Summit, Hakkaido, Japan, 7-9 July 2008
G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit Leaders Declaration - G8 Summit, Heiligendamm, Germany, 6-8 June 2007
Growth and Responsibility in Africa, Summit Declaration, 8 June 2007
G8 Chair’s Summary - G8 Finance Ministers’ Meeting, Potsdam, Germany, 19 May 2007
G8 Action Plan for Good Financial Governance in Africa - G8 Summit, St Petersburg, Russia, 15-17 July 2006
Plan of Action on Global Energy Security - G8 Summit, Gleneagles, Scotland, United Kingdom, 6-8 July 2005
Gleneagles Communique on Africa, Climate Change, Energy and Sustainable Development - G8 Summit, Sea Island, United States, 8-10 June 2004
G8 Action Plan: Applying the Power of Entrepreneurship to the Eradication of Poverty
Chair’s Summary - G8 Summit, Evian-Les-Bains, France, 1-3 June 2003
Fighting Corruption and Improving Transparency: A G8 Declaration
Chair’s Summary - G8 Summit, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, 26-27 July 2002
G8 Africa Action Plan
