The business of doing business with the United Nations
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United Nations, multinational corporations, private sector, partnerships, multilateralismAbstract
This article reviews the links of the private sector, particularly multinational corporations, with the United Nations. The first part comments on the nature and ways of this interaction. This section has been divided into two intervals: one covers the period from the creation of the United Nations, in the mid-1940s, to the year 2000; later, a second moment ranges from 2000 to date. The evolution of this interaction is briefly examined to see how it has changed over the years until its consolidation nowadays. In the final part of the article, some of the main motivations that lead companies to cooperate with the United Nations are outlined, arguing three reasons considered to be the most relevant causes to explain this phenomenon.
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