The summary of the counterfeiting and piracy study released today by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) represents the most comprehensive and thorough investigation of the problem ever conducted, and a vital step towards a more complete understanding of the scope and harmful effects of this illegal activity, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) said.

Lars Josefsson, Chief Executive Officer of Vattenfall and Climate Change Counsel to German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the upcoming G8 Summit, last week made a presentation on Vattenfall's 3C Initiative on climate change to ICC's Commission on Environment and Energy.

The leaders of the G8 must take bigger, bolder steps to beat back counterfeiting and piracy, the International Chamber of Commerce said on May 25th in a letter sent to G8 leaders in advance of their Summit Meeting in Heiligendamm, Germany.

Judges have finished evaluating the entries for the 2007 World Chambers Competition and have announced the 20 finalists who have made it to the last round of the competition, which will take place in Istanbul in July.

The UN Commission for Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) must deepen the involvement of all stakeholders and address the requirements of business to build an information society accessible to all, ICC Secretary General Guy Sebban said in an opening address at the two-day CSTD meeting from 21-22 May.

Even at this desperately late hour, a good deal can be struck in the Doha round of multilateral trade talks if G8 leaders intensify their diplomatic efforts, the International Chamber of Commerce said today in its annual statement on behalf of the world business community to the heads of state and government who will attend the G8 summit.

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) announced on May 21st the appointment of Jason Fry to the position of Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.

The International Chamber of Commerce has appointed Louise Kantrow, a former United Nations (UN) official with extensive experience in the government and nonprofit arenas, as its new permanent representative to the UN.

CC's World Chambers Federation (WCF) has stepped up activity on the international scene to showcase its work in the standardization of issuance procedures for non-preferential certificates of origin.

Counterfeiting and piracy are a global epidemic, reaching a scale now too great for individual governments, industry sectors or companies to solve.

With particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe developments on corporate governance, ICC hosted its fourth Corporate Governance Roundtable last month in Prague.

A three-day bilingual training seminar on techniques of amicable dispute resolution took place at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris on 16, 17 and 18 April 2007.