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Coke Facts - The Coca-Cola Company - Around the World: News - The Coca-Cola Company Commits to Engage in the United Nations Global Compact: "ATLANTA March 8, 2006 - The Coca-Cola Company today confirmed its support for the United Nations Global Compact, publicly expressing the Company’s serious commitment to taking a corporate leadership role in the focus areas of the Global Compact: human rights, labor rights, protection of the environment, and anti-corruption.

The Company’s support for the UN Global Compact was expressed in a meeting between E. Neville Isdell, chairman and chief executive officer of The Coca-Cola Company, and Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at UN headquarters in New York City.

'Our support for the United Nations Global Compact is a formal expression of The Coca-Cola Company's commitment to conduct our business with the utmost respect for universal principles around human rights, workplace standards, responsible environmental practices and anti-corruption,' said Isdell. "