Introduction

Three of the institutions that have a leading role in the foreign investment field, the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) co-organised a symposium on December 12th, 2005 in Paris, at the OECD headquarters. The organisers prepared a programme meant to launch the debate on how to make the most of the international investment agreements, in an effort of these three institutions to build a common agenda. The list of ...