Buthehimselffailed inefforts to secure a freetradeagreement with South Korea. And he made little progressin his push to get China to let the value of its currency rise.
Because there currently is no recognized system to verify that the sources of minerals from the DRC are conflict free, effortstosecure supply chains have led to a de facto embargo of minerals from the region while such systems are being developed.
He introduced free-market economics to Turkey and also made effortstosecure peace with Kurdish militants, negotiating a ceasefire with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) shortly before he died.
According to the report, conflict environments, characterized by a breakdown in the rule of law and a prevailing climate of impunity, create the conditions whereby parties, emboldened by their weapons, power and status, essentially enjoy free reign to inflict sexual violence, with far-reaching implications for effortsto consolidate peace and secure development.