WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIOWT/WGTI/W/50
19 August 1998
(98-3228)
Working Group on the Relationship
between Trade and InvestmentOriginal: English/
Anglais/
Inglés
COMMUNICATION FROM UNCTAD
Attached is a calendar of UNCTAD activities in the field of investment.1  It has been
submitted by the UNCTAD Secretariat in response to a request made by the Working Group at itsmeeting of 16-17 June 1998.
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Groupe de travail des liens entre
commerce et investissement
COMMUNICATION DE LA CNUCED
Un calendrier des activités de la CNUCED dans le domaine des investissements figure
ci-après.
1  Il a été communiqué par le Secrétariat de la CNUCED en réponse à la demande formulée
par le Groupe de travail à sa réunion des 16 et 17 juin 1998.
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Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Relación
entre Comercio e Inversiones
COMUNICACIÓN DE LA UNCTAD
Adjunto figura un calendario de las actividades de la UNCTAD en la esfera de las
inversiones.1  Lo ha presentado la secretaría de la UNCTAD en respuesta a una solicitud formulada
por el Grupo de Trabajo en su reuni ón de los días 16 y 17 de junio de 1998.
                                                     
1 English only/Anglais seulement/En inglés solamente.WT/WGTI/W/50
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UNCTAD Work Programme on a Possible Multilateral Framework on Investment
Calendar of events for 1998-19992, 3
DATE EVENT VENUE
8 December 1997 Ambassadors and European Industrialists Round
Table:  Discussion on a possible multilateralframework.Geneva
26-27 February 1998 Joint seminar with WTO on "Investment, trade and
economic development" (I).  (For officials from
permanent missions.)Glion
1-3 April 1998 UNCTAD Expert Meeting on Existing regional and
multilateral investment agreements and their
development dimensions.Geneva
8-9 June 1998 Joint seminar with WTO on "Investment, trade and
economic development" (II).  (For officials from
permanent missions.)Glion
10 June 1998 Ambassadors-NGOs Round Table:  Discussion on a
possible multilateral framework on investment.Geneva
11 June 1998 UNCTAD consultation with NGOs and trade
unions.Geneva
7-8 July 1998 National seminar on "Interaction between trade and
investment in the context of the multilateral trading
system".Tunisia
15-16 July 1998 Regional symposium for Asia:  international
investment arrangements and their implications fordeveloping countries.  (For policy-makers in
capitals.)India
17 July 1998 Seminar on "Possible multilateral frameworks for
investment:  the development dimension" organized
with Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) in
association with the Rajiv Ghandi Institute for
Contemporary Studies.India
14-18 September 1998 Commission on Investment, Technology and
Related Financial Issues, third session, agendaitem 4 "Examining and reviewing existing
agreements on investment to identify their
implications for development".Geneva
29-30 September 1998 Joint sub-regional symposium with OAS for the
Caribbean:  international investment arrangements
and their implications for developing countries.
(For policy-makers in capitals.)Jamaica
                                                     
2 During 1997, three other events were undertaken:  Expert Meeting on bilateral investment treaties and
their development dimensions (May 1997);  regional symposium for Africa on international investmentarrangements, Fez, Morocco (June 1997);  and a panel discussion on "criteria to test the development
friendliness international investment agreements", at the Commission on Investment, Technology and Related
Financial Issues, second session (September/October 1997).  In addition, a pilot training workshop on FDI wasconducted in Turin, Italy (December 1997).
3 Dates and locations in [square brackets] have not yet been finalized.WT/WGTI/W/50
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DATE EVENT VENUE
[autumn 1998] Joint seminar with WTO on "Investment, trade and
economic development" (III).  (For officials from
permanent missions.)[Evian]
[November 1998] Joint sub-regional symposium with Andean Group:
international investment arrangements and their
implications for developing countries.  (For
policy-makers in capitals.)Lima
[October/November 1998] Round Table with trade unions:  Discussion on a
possible multilateral framework on investment.Geneva
[March 1999] Regional symposium:  international investment
arrangements and their development dimension.(For policy-makers in capitals.)[Latin America]
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