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The '''One World Trust''' says it "promotes education, training and research into the changes required within global organisations in order to make them answerable to the people they affect and ensure that international laws are strengthened and applied equally to all."<ref>[http://www.oneworldtrust.org/ One World Trust website homepage], One World Trust website, accessed October 2008</ref> It is based in the heart of Whitehall just across the road from the [[Ministry of Defence]] building.
 
The '''One World Trust''' says it "promotes education, training and research into the changes required within global organisations in order to make them answerable to the people they affect and ensure that international laws are strengthened and applied equally to all."<ref>[http://www.oneworldtrust.org/ One World Trust website homepage], One World Trust website, accessed October 2008</ref> It is based in the heart of Whitehall just across the road from the [[Ministry of Defence]] building.
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The One World Trust rated [[Nestlé]] third highest out of ten corporations measured for its 2006 Global Accountability Report. <ref>'Nestlé puts up a transparent smokescreen', [http://boycottnestle.blogspot.com/2007/01/nestl-put-up-transparent-smokescreen.html Boycott Nestlé website], 18 January, 2007. (Accessed 24 April, 2009)</ref>
  
 
==People==
 
==People==
 
=== Principals ===
 
=== Principals ===
*[[Michael Hammer]] is executive director.<ref>CSGG event profile, 13 November 2008.</ref><ref>"[http://www.oneworldtrust.org/?display=vicepresidents One World Trust President and Vice-Presidents]", One World Trust website, accessed October 2008</ref>
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*[[Michael Hammer]] is executive director. <ref>'Staff', [http://www.oneworldtrust.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=89 One World Trust website], accessed 24 April, 2009.</ref>
  
 
=== President ===
 
=== President ===
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*Rt Hon [[John Battle]] MP has served as a UK Member of Parliament ([[Labour Party]]) for Leeds West since the 1987 general election. He has served as a government minister and as the Prime Minister’s envoy on inter-faith matters in the UK and as a member of the [[International Development Select Committee]]. He takes a specific interest in issues of wealth and poverty at home and internationally. Battle is involved in a number of All Party Parliamentary Groups focusing on poverty in Britain and international development.
 
*Rt Hon [[John Battle]] MP has served as a UK Member of Parliament ([[Labour Party]]) for Leeds West since the 1987 general election. He has served as a government minister and as the Prime Minister’s envoy on inter-faith matters in the UK and as a member of the [[International Development Select Committee]]. He takes a specific interest in issues of wealth and poverty at home and internationally. Battle is involved in a number of All Party Parliamentary Groups focusing on poverty in Britain and international development.
 
*[[Lord Foulkes]] of Cumnock PC is a member of the House of Lords in the UK (Labour), passing into the Upper House in 2005 after serving as an MP since 1979. While an MP his roles included Under Secretary at the [[Department for International Development]] and Minister of State for Scotland. He is a former Trustee of the One World Trust.
 
*[[Lord Foulkes]] of Cumnock PC is a member of the House of Lords in the UK (Labour), passing into the Upper House in 2005 after serving as an MP since 1979. While an MP his roles included Under Secretary at the [[Department for International Development]] and Minister of State for Scotland. He is a former Trustee of the One World Trust.
*[[Eirwen Harbottle]] is a long standing peace activist. She served on the Board of Trustees of the One World Trust for eight years and is currently Chair of Trustees of[[Peace Child International]].  She is also a Co-Director of the [[Centre for International Peacebuilding]], which she founded with her late husband Brigadier [[Michael Harbottle]] in 1983, a Director of [[Ministry for Peace and Conflict Resolution]], and Co-ordinator of [[Strategies for Peace]].  
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*[[Eirwen Harbottle]] is a long standing peace activist. She served on the Board of Trustees of the One World Trust for eight years and is currently Chair of Trustees of [[Peace Child International]].  She is also a Co-Director of the [[Centre for International Peacebuilding]], which she founded with her late husband Brigadier [[Michael Harbottle]] in 1983, a Director of [[Ministry for Peace and Conflict Resolution]], and Co-ordinator of [[Strategies for Peace]].  
 
*[[Sir Richard Jolly]] KCMG is Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the [[Institute of Development Studie]]s at the [[University of Sussex]] focusing on issues of world development and the role of the UN in global governance. From 1982-2000 he was an Assistant Secretary-General of the UN, first as Deputy Executive Director of [[UNICEF]] and from 1996 as Coordinator of the [[UNDP]]’s Human Development Report. He has been a Trustee of [[OXFAM]] and a Chair of the [[UN Association of the United Kingdom]] and is a member of the Council of the [[Overseas Development Institute]]. He has contributed to many books and articles on economic development and the UN, including most recently, UN Contributions to Developing Thinking and Practice and The Power of UN Ideas. He has previously been part of the Independent Advisory Panel for the One World Trust’s Global Accountability Project.
 
*[[Sir Richard Jolly]] KCMG is Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the [[Institute of Development Studie]]s at the [[University of Sussex]] focusing on issues of world development and the role of the UN in global governance. From 1982-2000 he was an Assistant Secretary-General of the UN, first as Deputy Executive Director of [[UNICEF]] and from 1996 as Coordinator of the [[UNDP]]’s Human Development Report. He has been a Trustee of [[OXFAM]] and a Chair of the [[UN Association of the United Kingdom]] and is a member of the Council of the [[Overseas Development Institute]]. He has contributed to many books and articles on economic development and the UN, including most recently, UN Contributions to Developing Thinking and Practice and The Power of UN Ideas. He has previously been part of the Independent Advisory Panel for the One World Trust’s Global Accountability Project.
 
*[[Oona King]] was a Labour Member of Parliament in the UK from 1997 to 2005. She is founder and chair of the [[Tower Hamlets Advocacy Network & Community Support organisation]] and an Associate Fellow of [[Chatham House]]. While an MP she founded the [[All Party Parliamentary Group on Genocide Prevention and the Great Lakes Region]] and actively supported the ratification of the Rome Statutes for the [[International Criminal Court]] by the UK.  
 
*[[Oona King]] was a Labour Member of Parliament in the UK from 1997 to 2005. She is founder and chair of the [[Tower Hamlets Advocacy Network & Community Support organisation]] and an Associate Fellow of [[Chatham House]]. While an MP she founded the [[All Party Parliamentary Group on Genocide Prevention and the Great Lakes Region]] and actively supported the ratification of the Rome Statutes for the [[International Criminal Court]] by the UK.  
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*[[Malcolm Savidge]] was a Member of Parliament (Labour) in the UK from 1997-2005. He was Convener of the [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation]] (2000-2005), member of the [[Select Committee on Environmental Audit]], and of the [[Parliamentary Labour Party Back-Bench Committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence and International Development]]. Malcolm is currently Parliamentary Consultant to the [[Oxford Research Group]], Vice-President of the [[United Nations Association (UK)]] (2003), and on the Board of the [[British American Security Information Council]]. He is a former Vice-Chair of the [[All Party Parliamentary Group for World Government]].
 
*[[Malcolm Savidge]] was a Member of Parliament (Labour) in the UK from 1997-2005. He was Convener of the [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation]] (2000-2005), member of the [[Select Committee on Environmental Audit]], and of the [[Parliamentary Labour Party Back-Bench Committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence and International Development]]. Malcolm is currently Parliamentary Consultant to the [[Oxford Research Group]], Vice-President of the [[United Nations Association (UK)]] (2003), and on the Board of the [[British American Security Information Council]]. He is a former Vice-Chair of the [[All Party Parliamentary Group for World Government]].
 
*[[Joan Walley]] is a Member of Parliament (Labour) in the UK since 1987. She is particularly known for her work on environmental issues and serves as a member of the Environmental Audit Select Committee. She is a former Trustee of the One World Trust.
 
*[[Joan Walley]] is a Member of Parliament (Labour) in the UK since 1987. She is particularly known for her work on environmental issues and serves as a member of the Environmental Audit Select Committee. She is a former Trustee of the One World Trust.
*[[Baroness Whitaker]] was created a Life Peer in 1999 after a career in publishing and the civil service. She is currently Vice-Chair of the [[UK Parliamentary Labour Party International Development Committee]], and a member of the Council of the[[ Overseas Development Institute]] and of the Advisory Board of the [[British Institute of Human Rights]]. She is a trustee of UNICEF UK, a member of the [[UNA-UK]] Advisory Panel and formerly a Trustee of the One World Trust.
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*[[Baroness Whitaker]] was created a Life Peer in 1999 after a career in publishing and the civil service. She is currently Vice-Chair of the [[UK Parliamentary Labour Party International Development Committee]], and a member of the Council of the[[ Overseas Development Institute]] and of the Advisory Board of the [[British Institute of Human Rights]]. She is a trustee of UNICEF UK, a member of the [[UNA-UK]] Advisory Panel and formerly a Trustee of the One World Trust. <ref>'Vice Presidents', [http://www.oneworldtrust.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=92 One World Trust Website], accessed 24 April, 2009.</ref>
  
 
==Contact==
 
==Contact==
 
:*3, [[Whitehall Court]], London, SW1A 2EL
 
:*3, [[Whitehall Court]], London, SW1A 2EL
:*Tel:  020 7766 3470<ref>http://www.yell.com/listings/DoFindListings/341511/One-World-Trust/Charitable-and-Voluntary-Organisations</ref>
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:*Tel:  020 7766 3470 <ref>'One World Trust - Charitable & Voluntary Organisations', [http://www.yell.com/listings/DoFindListings/341511/One-World-Trust/Charitable-and-Voluntary-Organisations Yell.com]</ref>
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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Latest revision as of 10:28, 24 April 2009

The One World Trust says it "promotes education, training and research into the changes required within global organisations in order to make them answerable to the people they affect and ensure that international laws are strengthened and applied equally to all."[1] It is based in the heart of Whitehall just across the road from the Ministry of Defence building.

The One World Trust rated Nestlé third highest out of ten corporations measured for its 2006 Global Accountability Report. [2]

People

Principals

President

Lord Peter Archer of Sandwell PC was formerly a practising QC, a former member of Parliament (Labour), Solicitor General in the 1974-9 Labour Government, and a former Chairman of Amnesty International UK. He has written books on law, politics, human rights and international relations, and is active in the House of Lords. He is President of the One World Trust, of the World Disarmament Campaign, and of the Fabian Society.

Vice-Presidents

Contact

Notes

  1. One World Trust website homepage, One World Trust website, accessed October 2008
  2. 'Nestlé puts up a transparent smokescreen', Boycott Nestlé website, 18 January, 2007. (Accessed 24 April, 2009)
  3. 'Staff', One World Trust website, accessed 24 April, 2009.
  4. 'Vice Presidents', One World Trust Website, accessed 24 April, 2009.
  5. 'One World Trust - Charitable & Voluntary Organisations', Yell.com