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Draft United Nations Code of Conduct on Transnational Corporations

PREAMBLE AND OBJECTIVES

DEFINITIONS AND SCOPE OF APPLICATION p.1

ACTIVITIES OF TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS

A. General and political p.2

B. Economic, financial and social p.6

C. Disclosure of information p.10

TREATMENT OF TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS

A. General treatment of transnational corporations by the
countries in which they operate p.13

B. Nationalization and compensation p.14

C. Jurisdiction p.15

INTERGOVERNMENTAL CO-OPERATION p.16

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT

A. Action at the national level p.17

B. International institutional machinery p.17

C. Review procedure p. 19

Notes p.19

Appendix- NON-COLLABORATION BY TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS WITH RACIST MINORITY REGIMES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA p.20