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Dear Colleagues, 

I am pleased to inform you that the Joint ACP-UNCTAD Guiding Principles 
for Investment Policymaking has been approved by the ACP Committee of 
Ambassadors in Brussels. 

The non-binding Principles were jointly developed by the UNCTAD and the 
ACP Secretariats after consultation with ACP Members States and regional 
organizations. The Joint Principles draw on UNCTAD's Core Principles set 
out in UNCTAD?s Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development 
and build on key ACP policy documents, notably the Georgetown Agreement 
establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the 
Declaration of the 8th Summit of ACP Heads of State and Government of the 
ACP Group of States, the Strategic Framework for ACP Private Sector 
Development. The Joint ACP-UNCTAD Principles reflect 79 ACP countries' 
priorities for national and international investment policymaking, and 
support of existing ACP initiatives. 

The non-binding Principles provide guidance for investment policymaking 
with a view to: 
· promoting inclusive economic growth and sustainable development;
· promoting coherence in national and international investment 
policymaking;
· fostering an open, transparent and conducive global policy environment 
for investment; and
· aligning investment promotion and facilitation policies with sustainable 
development goals. 

The Joint ACP-UNCTAD Principles come at a time when countries are 
re-orienting their national and international investment policies in line 
with today?s sustainable development imperative (see 2017 World Investment 
Report). Recent developments in national and international investment 
policies will be discussed during the 12 September session of UNCTAD?s 
Trade and Development Board, Palais des Nations, Geneva as well as during 
UNCTAD's Annual International Investment Agreements (IIA) Conference, 9-11 
October 2017, Palais des Nations, Geneva.

With kind regards,

James Zhan
Director, Investment and Enterprise
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
http://www.worldinvestmentreport.org/
investmentpolicyhub.unctad.org





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