MARY ROBINSON COMMENTARY
THINK GLOBAL

HOST INTRO:

FEW PEOPLE CAN SPEAK WITH MORE AUTHORITY ABOUT GLOBALIZATION THAN MARY ROBINSON. ROBINSON WAS THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF IRELAND -- DURING HER TENURE HER COUNTRY EMERGED AS THE "CELTIC [pronounced KEL-TIC] TIGER" -- A MAJOR FORCE IN THE WORLD ECONOMY. BUT HER PASSION HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. SHE SERVED AS U-N HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FROM 1997 TO 2002. WHEN SHE STEPPED DOWN SHE FOUNDED THE "ETHICAL GLOBALIZATION INITIATIVE," WHICH PUSHES GOVERNMENTS AND BUSINESSES TO PUT HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE TOP OF THEIR GLOBAL AGENDAS. HER COMMENTARY IS PART OF "THINK GLOBAL," PUBLIC RADIO'S WEEK OF SPECIAL COVERAGE. 

BACK-ANNOUNCE:

THOSE WERE THE COMMENTS OF MARY ROBINSON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF IRELAND AND FOUNDER OF THE ETHICAL GLOBALIZATION INITIATIVE.