{"id":1737,"date":"2022-10-12T08:34:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T12:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=1737"},"modified":"2022-10-12T08:34:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T12:34:14","slug":"uscib-shrm-ioe-town-hall-during-unga-discusses-critical-priorities-of-uns-our-common-agenda","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/resource\/uscib-shrm-ioe-town-hall-during-unga-discusses-critical-priorities-of-uns-our-common-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"USCIB-SHRM-IOE Town Hall During UNGA Discusses Critical Priorities of UN\u2019s Our Common Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>USCIB and The USCIB Foundation&#8217;s BP2C Initiative collaborated with the International Organization of Employers (IOE) and Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) to hold a Global Business Town Hall during the United Nations General Assembly to discuss critical priorities of the UN Secretary General&#8217;s Our Common Agenda on September 21, 2022. Below is the press release from the event, as well as a recording.<\/h5>\n<p><strong>New York, NY, September 21, 2022\u2014<\/strong>As the second week of the 77<sup>th<\/sup> Session of the United Nations General Assembly got underway, the United States Council for International Business (USCIB) joined with partners, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the International Organization of Employers (IOE), to hold a Global Business Town Hall on September 21. The Town Hall tackled some of pressing priorities outlined in the UN Secretary General\u2019s report <em>Our Common Agenda<\/em>, which seeks to foster a human-centric recovery for the global workforce in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-56512\" src=\"https:\/\/uscib.org\/uscib-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/united-nations-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Panels centered around four critical areas from <em>Our Common Agenda<\/em>, including resetting the multilateral system, rethinking education to close the skills gap, reforming global response to future health crises, and reinforcing human rights through the role of governance and the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusiness is a full partner and, together, we have the capacity to respond to these pressing global challenges,\u201d asserted USCIB President and CEO <strong>Peter M. Robinson <\/strong>during his closing remarks<strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other high-level speakers and panelists included International Labor Organization (ILO) Director-General Elect <strong>Gilbert Houngbo<\/strong>, UN DESA Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development <strong>Navid Hanif<\/strong>, IOE Secretary-General <strong>Roberto Suarez Santos<\/strong>, President UN Human Rights Council <strong>F<\/strong><strong>ederico Villegas<\/strong>, and SHRM Chief of Staff, Head of Government Affairs and Corporate Secretary <strong>Emily M. Dickens<\/strong>, who served as keynote.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58091\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58091\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58091\" src=\"https:\/\/uscib.org\/uscib-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emily Dickens (SHRM)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The report mentions that we truly are at an inflection point in history,&#8221; Dickens told the audience of over 300 attendees, which consisted of representatives from business and UN officials. &#8220;I submit to you today that this inflection point touches no other place like it does the workplace\u2014the location where people spend the majority of their time, the mechanism that allows people to take care of themselves and their families, the incubator for innovation that impacts how well we live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_RE7_o1g4XY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This town hall was a second in a series, following one organized by USCIB, SHRM and IOE during the UN High-Level Political Forum in July.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About USCIB<\/strong>: USCIB promotes open markets, competitiveness and innovation, sustainable development, and corporate responsibility, supported by international engagement and regulatory coherence. Its members include U.S.-based global companies and professional services firms from every sector of our economy, with operations in every region of the world. USCIB is the U.S. affiliate of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Organization of Employers (IOE) and Business at OECD. 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