WG1 recommended ASEM governments to:
1. Ensure full and effective implementation of all their existing commitments to human rights and labour standards
2. Ensure the GPs are translated into local languages in all ASEM countries
3. Put human rights and business on agendas for international meetings and inter-regional dialogues to raise political awareness
4. Identify appropriate measures to regulate TNCs and step up engagement with TNCs to secure the achievement of human rights standards through supply and value chains
5. Establish mechanisms to evaluate and share best practices intra-regionally and inter-regionally to economise efforts across states, and to ensure consistent application of the GPs across national contexts and regions, informed by any differences in the background concepts of CSR in Asia and Europe, and with special attention to TNCs
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