Maria Livanos Cattaui

Maria Livanos Cattaui has been Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) since 1996 and is chief executive of the world business organisation.

Maria Livanos Cattaui

Dear friends at openDemocracy, I send all best and congratulatory birthday wishes to you as openDemocracy enters its 50th year. Who could have expected so long ago that the gap

By Maria Livanos Cattaui

/ 4 May 2011

An optimistic overview

In the last days of 2005, leading thinkers and scholars from around the world share their fears, hopes and expectations of 2006. As Isabel Hilton asks: What does 2006 have in store? (Part one)

By Maria Livanos Cattaui

/ 22 Dec 2005

The Women Vector

UN Resolution 1325 on women and peace-building presents a complex challenge for the international community. It identifies two distinct groups of women with a role to play in peace-building and

By Maria Livanos Cattaui

/ 31 Oct 2005

The test of practice: global progress in a world of sovereignty

For the openDemocracy debate on David Helds argument for a new global covenant, go to our Globalisation visions and reflections theme page openDemocracy: What is your view of David

By Maria Livanos Cattaui

/ 18 Jul 2004

Making, and respecting, the rules

The head of the International Chamber of Commerce is interviewed about globalisation in its Paris headquarters

By Anthony Barnett and Maria Livanos Cattaui

/ 24 Oct 2001

Business is part of the solution

What happened at Genoa has happened at other international meetings. They are lightning rods for all kinds of interests. We at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) are concerned that

By Maria Livanos Cattaui

/ 1 Aug 2001