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Lettre de la société civile concernant les questions d'investissement et la CNUCED

Nous, organisations de la société civile soussignées, représentant des groupes de différentes régions du monde, sommes préoccupés par les conséquences des traités de protection des investissements sur les perspectives de développement durable dans nos pays et régions.

Global Civil Society letter to UNCTAD Secretary General on Investment Issues

15 October, 2014
On the occasion of UNCTAD World Investment Forum 2014, on October 13-16, Global Civil Society, in a letter to Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Member States of UNCTAD underlined various issues emerge from bilateral investment treaties (BITs) including investor state dispute settlement provisions. It called for a progressive role of UNCTAD to provide support to third world governments in framing alternative policies and remove major impediments to sustainable development created by international investment agreements (IIAs).