Background and activities of the Commission and the Centre on Transnational Corporations( 1985 to 1989 )
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1985
28 January – 3 February : Workshop on industrial construction contracts and technology transfer with transnational corporations, Baghdad
15 February :final session of Ad Hoc Committee on the Preparations for the Public Hearings on the activities of Transnational Corporations in South Africa and Namibia
11 - 22 March :third session of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting
18 - 22 March :Interregional workshop on international sugar marketing using "case methods", Kingston
10 - 19 April :Eleventh session of the Commission on Transnational Corporations
22 - 28 April :Non-conventional water resources use in developing countries : proceedings of the interregional seminar, Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.
17 - 21 June :reconvened special session of the Commission on Transnational Corporations
1 - 5 July :Workshop on negotiating technology transfer agreements, Freetown
29 July – 2 August :Seminar on debt management and financing techniques, Bangkok
August :Seminar on Debt Management and Financing Techniques under the auspices of UNDP regional project, Pattaya, Thailand
26 August - 4 September :Workshop for Namibia on transnational corporations and economic development, Accra, Ghana:
16 - 20 September :Public Hearings on the Activities of Transnational Corporations in South Africa and Namibia, Commission on Transnational Corporations.
14 - 25 October :SSTCC/UNCTC/ESCAP Asia-Pacific Training Workshop on Regulating and Negotiating Technology Transfer through Transnational Corporations - (Fuzhou) Fujian China
18 - 22 November :Workshop on exploration, development and production of natural gas in Asia, Bangkok
2 - 5 December :Informal seminar to further international co-operation for environmental management of industrial process safety and hazards,Geneva
15 - 20 December :International Co-operation in Technology Assessment, Berlin(West)
16 - 20 December :Roundtable meeting for institutes of management and public administration in English-speaking African countries, Arusha, Tanzania
17 - 18 December :UNCTC/ESCAP Expert Group Meeting on the Code of Conduct on Transnational Corporations, Bangkok
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1986
20 - 31 January :reconvened special session of the Commission on Transnational Corporations
20 - 24 January : Workshop on negotiating with and regulating transnational corporations in technology transfer and transfer pricing, Colombo
3 - 14 March :fourth session of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting
11 - 14 March :Atelier sur la zone franche industrielle de Maroc, Casablanca
17 - 21 March :Training workshop on the control of transfer pricing practices in international and intra-group transactions of transnational corporations, Jakarta
18 - 22 March :Interregional workshop on international sugar marketing using "case Kingston
7 - 11 April :Interregional workshop on international sugar marketing using " case studies", Georgetown
9 - 18 April :Twelfth session of the Commission on Transnational Corporations
2 - 6 June :Workshop on negotiating with transnational corporations, Gaborone
12 June :Seminar on transfer pricing, New York, N.Y
16 - 21 June :Symposium sur les marchds financiers et le financement de projets, Tunis
23 - 27 June :Workshop on practical aspects of negotiating with transnational corporations in the tourism sector in the Caribbean, Basseterre
3 - 4 October : High-level roundtable on the United Nations Code of Conduct on Transnational Corporations, Montreux
3 - 14 November :Seminar on international finance and loan negotiations, Lagos
10 - 13 November :Workshop on negotiating joint venture arrangements with transnational corporations, Jakarta
10 - 14 November :Training workshop on negotiating joint venture arrangements with transnational corporations, Jakarta
13 - 19 November :Seminar on technology management organized by IMF/UNCTC/UNCSTD, New Delhi, India
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1987
2 - 13 March : fifth session of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting
10 - 12 March : Regional workshop on trade in services, St. John's
7 - 16 April : 13th session of the Commission on Transnational Corporations
6 April : reconvened special session of the Commission on Transnational Corporations
25 - 26 May : Roundtable on foreign direct investment in the People's Republic of China,Beijing
9 - 11 June : Workshop on natural gas arrangements, Port-of-Spain
19 - 30 June : Joint UNCTC/ADB workshop on negotiating foreign investments for eastern and southern African states, Lusaka
13 - 17 October : Workshop on negotiating with transnational corporations in the mining sector and regulating mining operations, Chobe
23 November – 4 December : Joint UNCTC/ADB Ghana seminar on negotiating investment and joint venture agreements with TNCs, Accra
8 - 12 December :Atelier de travail: negociation de l'investissement etranger effectue par les societes transnationales, Brazzaville
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1988
11 - 29 January :Workshop on transnational corporations and economic development, Kuala Lampur
1 - 4 February :Seminar on services and development: the role of foreign direct investment and trade, Lima, Peru,
8 - 18 March :Sixth session of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting
Publication of the fourth major study on transnational corporations :Transnational Corporations in World Development : Trends and Prospects
6 - 15 April :14th session of the Commission on Transnational Corporations
27 - 29 April : Seminar on debt-equity swaps, Caracas
2 - 6 May :A national information system on transnational corporations in Kenya
2 - 6 May :Workshop on national information systems on transnational corporations, Warszawa
17 - 19 May : Ad hoc group of experts' meeting on trade finance, transnational banks and external finance, Bridgetown, Barbados
18 - 20 May : Workshop on negotiating with transnational corporations in the petroleum sector, Aruba
6 - 9 June : Seminar on services and development: the role of foreign direct investment and trade, Bangkok Thailand
12 - 14 June:Workshop on transfer of technology, Kathmandu, Nepal
13 - 24 June : Regional workshop on technology transfer for English-speaking African countries, Harare, Zimbabwe
19 - 30 September : High-level workshop on negotiating international contracts, Jos
17 – 28 October :Workshop on foreign investment and divestiture, Banjul
16 - 18 November (Antigua) and 21 - 25 November (St. Lucia): Roundtable on the harmonization of foreign investment policies, laws, and regulations in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States(OECS)
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1989
13 - 24 February :Workshop on negotiating with transnational banks, Chiangmai
20 - 24 February :Consultative meeting of deans of English-speaking African Universities, Maseru, Lesotho
March :first issue of the new journal Transnationals, Vol. 1 -- No. 1
7 - 17 March :seventh session of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting, seventh session
5 - 14 April :15th session of the Commission on Transnational Corporations
13 - 15 June :Workshop on accounting for and by east-west joint ventures in centrally planned economies, Moskva
16 June :Informal brainstorming meeting on free economic zones in the USSR, Moskva
12 - 21 July :Training course on financial institution management and supervision, Manila
4 - 6 September :Second Public Hearings on the Activities of Transnational Corporations in South Africa and Namibia
19 - 22 September :International seminar on zones of joint entrepreneurship in centrally planned economies, Moskva
11 - 12 November :Workshop for GNS negotiators on the activities of transnational corporations in services, Montreux
27 November – 1 December :Workshop on services and development, Port-of-Spain
10 - 15 December: National workshop on negotiating with transnational corporations in the tourism industry, Kathmandu, Nepal
18 - 20 December : Expert group meeting on Criteria for Sustainable Development Management of TNCs, NY, N.Y
Peter Hansen, Executive Director
Samuel K.B. Asante, Director, Advisory and Information Service Division
Julian J. Gomez, Director, Policy Analysis and Research Division
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