02.04.2014 Mersin
Attending the gala dinner Business for Peace Mediterranean Region Introduction Event in Mersin, TOBB Council Board Member Şahin Bilgiç stated that very important duties fall to the private sector for engendering peace.
Also attending the gala dinner held in cooperation by the Mersin Chamber
of Commerce and Industry and the UN Global Compact Turkey Network were UN
Resident Coordinator Kamal Malhotra, Mersin Chamber of Commerce and Industry
President Şerafettin Aşut and TOBB Board Member Şahin Bilgiç.
In his speech, TOBB Council Board Member Şahin Bilgiç spoke in regards
to the activities of the organization, providing information.
Also touching on the matter of other projects such as the Jerusalem
Arbitration Center, the Middle East Trade Center as well as the efforts of the
many bilateral business councils in the region, Bilgiç ended with, “You,
Business Council representatives have a great responsibility.”
Mersin Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Şerafettin Aşut stated
during his speech that Mersin TSO had become party to the UN Global Compact in
2011, aiming to become a respectable, active and competitive part of the global
economy, “We think that Business for Peace project will bring the private
sector together in a global network and instill cooperation, and we support it
as Mersin.”