Private business activity, investment and innovation are major drivers of productivity, inclusive economic growth and job creation. We acknowledge the diversity of the private sector, ranging from micro-enterprises to cooperatives to multinationals. We call upon all businesses to apply their creativity and innovation to solving sustainable development challenges. We will foster a dynamic and wellfunctioning business sector, while protecting labour rights and environmental and health standards in accordance with relevant international standards and agreements and other ongoing initiatives in this regard, such as the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights(17) and the labour standards of the International Labour Organization, the Convention on the Rights of the Child(18) and key multilateral environmental agreements, for parties to those agreements.

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(17) A/HRC/17/31, annex.
(18) United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.

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