The 2nd Annual Forum of Developing Country Investment Negotiators jointly organised by South Centre and IISD was successfully held in Marrakech, Morocco, 3-4 Nov. 2008. Over 50 participants attended the Forum.
The key objective of this Forum was to update participants on key issues in the International Investment Law regime today. These include the changes in this field at the multilateral, regional and bilateral levels; issues relating to the role of development policy space and home country and investor obligations; issues relating to the link between investment agreements and climate change; and other relevant topics.
South Centre was represented by Mr. Vice Yu, Mr. Offah Obale and Mr. Khalil Hamdani.
The background papers and presentations made during the Forum are available from the South Centre website at:
http://www.southcentre.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=853&Itemid=77
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