
Dafina Atanasova
@dafinata
UNCTAD IIAs (@unctadwif); previously CIDS (@IHEID/@UNIGEnews) & @CIL_investment; PhD UNIGE; Bulgarian 🇪🇺; personal account.
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📢 We are pleased to announce the launch of the 30th report on G20 investment measures, jointly prepared by the UN Trade and Development and OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Secretariats. 🌍 📚 To access the full report, please visit: unctad.org/publication/un…


Known investment treaty cases climb to over 1,300 says UN Trade and Development. As of 31 July 2023, a total of 133 countries & one economic grouping have faced arbitrations brought based on investment treaties. UNCTAD's ISDS database compiles all known cases: investmentpolicy.unctad.org/investment-dis…

Always a pleasure to partner with the IsDB Group to build the capacity of #African investment treaty negotiators. UN Trade and Development will continue to work with all stakeholders towards a new investment policy paradigm that places #SDGs at its core. Thanks to our host country #Morocco.


Thank you for joining UN Trade and Development’s 1st Multi-Stakeholder Platform for Investment Treaty Reform. The new Platform attests to our commitment to continue working with all stakeholders in an open and transparent manner towards a system that places sustainable development at its core.

Today UN Trade and Development & National Investment Board of Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 organized a technical assistance workshop on key issues in international investment agreements for government officials dealing with investment policies. Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh delivered the keynote speech. bit.ly/3IC8skL


A pleasure for UNCTADinvestment to partner with the National Investment Board #SierraLeone for a workshop on key issues in international investment policy reform with the participation of the Hon. Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh as well as the honorable Ministers of #Trade, #Finance and #Justice.

New ISDS cases are online UN Trade and Development Investment Policy Hub 🥳 investmentpolicy.unctad.org/investment-dis…



Old-generation investment agreements #IIAs #ISDS cover the majority of foreign direct investment #FDI stock in developing and least developed countries. UN Trade and Development #WIR2024



Driving effective implementation of investment policy reforms. COMESA Secretariat in cooperation with UN Trade and Development held a validation workshop for the revision of the COMESA Common Investment Agreement (CCIA). UNCTAD presented the revised Agreements to the 21 COMESA member States.


Sustainable development takes on heightened significance in investment treaties. Countries are increasingly aligning investment agreements with sustainability objectives, a shift hailed by G20 South Africa ministers gathering in Brazil🇧🇷. Full story: ow.ly/uX4U50TWryc #G20Brazil



How can trade and investment policies support the achievement of climate goals while creating opportunities for sustainable development? At #COP29, UN Trade and Development & partners will share insights on challenges & priorities: ow.ly/XXtX50U54FW More: unctad.org/unctad-at-cop29



I have a new piece out in World Trade Review WorldTradeReview ‘Beyond Investment Protection and ISDS: Towards an Investment Law Research Agenda Focusing on Investment Facilitation and Liberalization Commitments’ (open access) doi.org/10.1017/S14747… Short 🧵/1 Bristol Law School

The UNESCO Chair at HBKU, Prof. Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb participated in a productive dialogue organized in Geneva by UN Trade and Development in partnership with the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the WTO and Other Economic Organizations in Geneva. The dialogue focused on “Strengthening institutions

We will strengthen cooperation with #Qatar and the UNESCO Chair at HBKU to accelerate investment policy reforms and will explore possible partnerships towards Doha Forum in December 2025.
