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Transfer of Technology

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: February 2002 )

This paper discusses the issue of technology transfer in the context of international investment agreements (IIAs) and is divided into four main sections. The first section is an explanation of the...

This paper discusses the issue of technology transfer in the context of international investment agreements (IIAs) and is divided into four main sections. The first section is an explanation of the...


Trends in International Investment Agreements

An Overview

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: March 2000 )

In the past four decades, national and international legal policies and rules concerning foreign direct investment (FDI) have repeatedly changed. This paper provides an overview of the developments in...

In the past four decades, national and international legal policies and rules concerning foreign direct investment (FDI) have repeatedly changed. This paper provides an overview of the developments in...


Lessons from the MAI

( Print: March 2000 )

This publication considers the factors that contributed to the decision of the members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to discontinue the negotiations on the Multilateral...

This publication considers the factors that contributed to the decision of the members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to discontinue the negotiations on the Multilateral...


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Illicit Payments

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: November 2001 )

This paper examines the topic of transnational bribery in the context of international investment agreements (IIAs), as well as other international instruments that address issues related to the...

This paper examines the topic of transnational bribery in the context of international investment agreements (IIAs), as well as other international instruments that address issues related to the...


Home Country Measures

( Print: December 2001 )

Most international negotiations on foreign direct investment focus on issues involving the paired relationship between transnational corporations and host countries. This publication discusses the...

Most international negotiations on foreign direct investment focus on issues involving the paired relationship between transnational corporations and host countries. This publication discusses the...


Foreign Direct Investment and Development

( Print: June 1999 )

The importance of foreign direct investment for development has dramatically increased in recent years. This concise study offers balanced and easily accessible analysis of the issues involved...

The importance of foreign direct investment for development has dramatically increased in recent years. This concise study offers balanced and easily accessible analysis of the issues involved...


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Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and Its Working Group

2004 Substantive Session (29 March-16 April 2004)

Series: Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations
( Print: March 2005 )

This publication is an Official Record of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

This publication is an Official Record of the General Assembly of the United Nations.


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Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and its Working Group

2005 Substantive Session (New York, 31 January-25 February 2005), 2005 Resumed Session (New York, 4...

Series: Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations
( Print: July 2005 )

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Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations

2006 Substantive Session (27 February-17 March 2006), 2006 Resumed Session (27 June 2006)

Series: Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations
( Print: July 2008 )

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Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and its Working Group

2006 Second Resumed Session (18 December 2006), 2007 Substantive Session (28 February-16 March and...

Series: Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations
( Print: July 2008 )

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Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations

2008 Substantive Session (10 March-4 April and 3 July 2008)

Series: Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations
( Print: August 2008 )

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Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations

2009 Substantive Session (23 February-20 March 2009)

Series: Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations
( Print: April 2009 )

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Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations - 2010 Substantive Session (22 February -...

Series: Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations
( Print: May 2010 )

Official records of the Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations during 2010 Substantive Session (22 February - 19 March 2010).

Official records of the Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations during 2010 Substantive Session (22 February - 19 March 2010).


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Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations

2011 Substantive Session (New York 22 February-18 March and 9 May 2011)

Series: Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations
( Print: November 2011, PDF: October 2011 )

By its resolution 64/266, the General Assembly welcomed the report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (A/64/19); decided that the Special Committee, in accordance with its mandate...

By its resolution 64/266, the General Assembly welcomed the report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (A/64/19); decided that the Special Committee, in accordance with its mandate...


Investment-Related Trade Measures

( Print: August 1999 )

Investment-related trade measures help shape the attractiveness of the investment climate by altering trade conditions associated with a given country or region. This concise study offers balanced and...

Investment-related trade measures help shape the attractiveness of the investment climate by altering trade conditions associated with a given country or region. This concise study offers balanced and...


Scope and Definition

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: June 1999 )

Investment agreements must specify not only their geographical and temporal coverage but, and most importantly, their subject-matter coverage, which is done primarily through the provisions on...

Investment agreements must specify not only their geographical and temporal coverage but, and most importantly, their subject-matter coverage, which is done primarily through the provisions on...


Transfer Pricing

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: June 1999 )

Transfer pricing methods raise important and contentious policy questions for both host and home governments, as well as transnational corporations, as they directly affect the amount of profit...

Transfer pricing methods raise important and contentious policy questions for both host and home governments, as well as transnational corporations, as they directly affect the amount of profit...


Admission and Establishment

( Print: May 1999 )

The legal and policy options surrounding the admission and establishment of foreign direct investment by transnational corporations into host countries, is a topic that raises questions central to...

The legal and policy options surrounding the admission and establishment of foreign direct investment by transnational corporations into host countries, is a topic that raises questions central to...


Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment

( Print: June 1999 )

The most-favoured-nation treatment (MFN) standard is a core element of international investment agreements, it gives investors a guarantee against certain forms of discrimination by host countries...

The most-favoured-nation treatment (MFN) standard is a core element of international investment agreements, it gives investors a guarantee against certain forms of discrimination by host countries...


Fair and Equitable Treatment

( Print: September 1999 )

The concept of fair and equitable treatment, which has assumed prominence in investment relations between States, provides a yardstick by which relations between foreign direct investors and...

The concept of fair and equitable treatment, which has assumed prominence in investment relations between States, provides a yardstick by which relations between foreign direct investors and...