Report of the Expert Meeting on Development Implications of International Investment Rulemaking
Article from: TDM 1 (2008), in UNCTAD Expert Meeting on Development Implications of International Investment Rule Making
Introduction
The UNCTAD Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues confirmed that UNCTAD should serve as the key focal point in the United Nations system for dealing with matters related to international investment agreements (IIAs), and continue to provide the forum to advance understanding of issues related to those agreements and their development dimension, with the involvement of all relevant stakeholders and particular consideration of the needs of least developed countries. Against that background, the Trade and Development Board agreed at its forty-first session ...