With the deliberate crippling of the United Nations by cutting the funds since the 1990's the UN has no choice but to court the corporations. And, they should pay and be actively involved since they are the major benefiters of the good things the UN has done since the beginning.

Only problem is... the NGO's who have been montoring the UN and global conditions since 1945 see the corporations as a big part of the "causes" for many of the world's problems.

The objective is to bring the corporations into the UN system so that they can understand the world's problems and contribute to their solutions. The key question is to see if the corporations contribute positively or use the information to increase the world's problems. Recent example (Summer/Fall 2003) is Coke captuing India's water, bottling it, and selling it back to them. Creating the "scarsity" Beneficial to a profitable market economy. The world's largest French water company is doing similar damage in India with whole rivers by the use of the World Trade Organization.