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ATURE
Small Group Charts the
Birth of a Giant
Dr. Harley Seyedin Joins the Inaugural
Planning Meeting of the UN Business Arena
Oslo, Norway - June 14, 2023 – The President
of AmCham South China returned from Oslo
where he participated in what may be the most
important business meeting since the creation of
the United Nations.
The UN Global Compact (UNGC), Oslo Business
for Peace Foundation (BFP), UN Development
Program (UNDP), Principles for Responsible
Investment (PRI), and the International Chamber
of Commerce (ICC) invited Dr. Harley Seyedin,
Winner of the 2017 Oslo Business for Peace
Award together with Elon Musk, Durreen Shahnaz
and Murad Al-Katib, to join a small group of 50
international leaders.
These leaders included Deputy Minister of
Norway for Foreign Affairs Bjørg Sandkjær,
Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Foundation (BFP), International Chamber
Global Compact (UNGC) Sanda Ojiambo, Chair
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of International Chamber of Commerce
(ICC) Maria Garza, and Business for Peace
Foundation Chairman, Per L. Saxegaard at
the UN Business Arena (UNBA) Stakeholder
Engagement Meeting.
The high-level meeting, held at the scenic
Soria Moria Hotel in Oslo, was successfully
completed on June 5, 2023. The newly formed
UN Business Arena truly represents a vital
platform for collaboration and innovation, with
the ability to bring together a diverse group
of stakeholders to tackle the world's most
pressing challenges.
The UN Business Arena is a global platform
co-created through strategic partnerships
between the Oslo Business for Peace
of Commerce (ICC), UN Global Compact