Report on the ninth session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on a legally binding instrument on transnational corporations

In the UN Member States had agreed that all UN re- the end, the Chair agreed to display both the clean gional groups would hold regional consultations on version of the updated draft agreement and the the third revised draft agreement (presented by version with track changes with the comments of the chair of the working group in August 2021) and the states from the eighth round of negotiations on. [...] The laborious negotiations at the updated draft agreement presented by Cris- the beginning contributed, among other things, to tian Espinosa Cañizares, the Ecuadorian chair of the fact that, ultimately, only the preamble and the the working group, in July 2023 as the basis for the first three articles of the draft agreement could be ninth round of negotiations, as they did not feel discussed durin. [...] The USA has been negotiating the text of the Norway’s delegate welcomed the work of the agreement for the second year. [...] for the negotiations and also bring in a group of legal experts to advise on the intergovernmental 6 See also the conclusions and recommendations in the Chair’s official report (Chair-Rapporteur of the OEIGWG (2023a)) 6 Briefing December 2023 Report on the ninth session of the open-en. [...] The “Friends of the Chair” group the Friends of the Chair group 7 and the Chair will will advise the Chair on the further working meth- work together.