The Global Compact Leaders Summit, chaired by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, assembled some 400 chief executive officers (CEOs) and civil society and labour leaders to meet at UN headquarters today to take stock of the Global Compact and chart its future course.  The following is a press conference of the high-level panel composed of representatives from business, labour, and civil society who briefed the press on the Global Compact Summit today:

George Kell, Executive Head of the Global Compact
(UN Photo #NICA 11982 by Sophie Paris)
Achim Steiner (left), Director-General, World Conservation Union, speaking at the press conference.
(UN Photo #NICA 11984 by Sophie Paris)
John Browne, CEO of BP, speaking at the press conference.
(UN Photo #NICA 11983 by Sophie Paris)
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh (right), CEO, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization, speaking at the press conference.
(UN Photo #NICA 11985 by Sophie Paris)
Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme, speaking at the press conference.
(UN Photo #NICA 12068 by Sophie Paris)
Serge Chappatte, Swiss Agency for Development, speaking at the press conference.
(UN Photo #NICA 12069 by Sophie Paris)
Anthony Ling, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs, speaking at the press conference.
(UN Photo #NICA 12070 by Sophie Paris)
Espen Klitzing, CEO, Storebrands, speaking at the press conference.
(UN Photo #NICA 12071 by Sophie Paris)
Izalco Sardenberg, Bovespa, speaking at the press conference.
(UN Photo #NICA 12072 by Sophie Paris)