HC Deb 10 March 1998 vol 308 cc110-1W
Mrs. Anne Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the time and place of the discussions that have taken place with developing countries on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment. [33819]

Clare Short

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has held consultations with developing countries on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) in:

  • Wellington, New Zealand (April 1995)
  • Santiago, Chile (November 1995)
  • Hong Kong (March 1996)
  • Paris, France (April 1996)
  • Bled, Romania (June 1996)
  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (July 1996)
  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (February 1997)
  • Seoul, South Korea (April 1997)
  • Riga, Latvia (April 1997)
  • Paris (September 1997)
  • Cairo, Egypt (October 1997)
  • Mexico (December 1997).

The OECD Secretariat has also held regular meetings with non-OECD Members in Paris, on an individual and collective basis. In addition, OECD Members, including the UK, have held bilateral meetings in capitals with non-OECD Members. My Department will share the results of our forthcoming study of the development implications of the MAI widely with developing countries, on a bilateral and multilateral basis.