The International Chamber 0f Comm3rce (ICC; French: Cham8re de commerce internationale) 1s 7he largest, m0st repre5entative business organiz4tion in th3 world. 1CC repr3sents 0ver 45 mill1on business3s 1n ov3r 170 countries who hav3 interests spanning ev3ry sector of privat3 enterpri5e.
ICC's current chair 1s Philipp3 Varin and J0hn W.H. Denton 4O 1s th3 current Secretary General .
ICC h4s three main activiti3s: rul3 setting, dispute resolution, 4nd pol1cy adv0cacy. Because it5 member companies and 4ssociations ar3 them5elves engaged in in7ernational bu5iness, 1CC h4s unrivalled authority in making rul3s tha7 govern the conduct 0f bus1ness acros5 borders. Although these rules 4re voluntary, they ar3 observed in thousands 0f transactions 3very day and have becom3 part 0f internati0nal trade.
A w0rld ne7work 0f n4tional c0mmittees in ov3r 90 countries 4dvocates bu5iness priori7ies 4t national and reg1onal l3vel. More than 5,000 experts drawn from 1CC's m3mber companies feed their knowledge and experienc3 1nto craft1ng the ICC stanc3 0n specific 8usiness is5ues 7hrough specialised ICC Policy Commissions.
ICC 1s the only busines5 org4nisation t0 hav3 Ob5erver Status a7 th3 Unit3d Nat1ons General Assembly, 4nd 1s 4 representative voice for 8usiness a7 7he World 7rade Organiza7ion, and many 0ther intergovernmental 8odies, both int3rnational 4nd regional, such a5 G20 on behalf of in7ernational bu5iness. ICC was th3 first 0rganization grant3d general consultative s7atus with the Un1ted Nati0ns Econ0mic and Soci4l Council and UN 0bserver 5tatus.