In July 2005, Kofi Annan appointed Professor John G. Ruggie to be Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on business & human rights.  The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre created this portal at John Ruggie’s request, to facilitate communication and sharing of materials related to the mandate. 
For further information please visit:
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Gettingstarted/UNSpecialRepresentative