<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:14.4pt">
<span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2zydNoHa8kEN0RnbkZKZnZvWGM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(77,130,161);text-decoration:none"><br>
</span></b></a></span></p>
<h3 style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.2pt">
<i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Read the document by clicking <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2zydNoHa8kEN0RnbkZKZnZvWGM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(77,130,161)">here</span></a></span></i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></h3>

<h3 style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.2pt">
<i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Download the document by clicking <a href="https://docs.google.com/uc?authuser=0&id=0B2zydNoHa8kEN0RnbkZKZnZvWGM&export=download" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(77,130,161)">here</span></a></span></i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></h3>

<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:14.4pt">
<span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">This
 is a document prepared by the Working Group on Investment of the 
Americas which includes people from several organizations and networks 
seeking to ensure that international trade
 and investment is based on social justice and respect for the 
environment.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:14.4pt">
<span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The
 objective of this document is to contribute to the ongoing debate and 
promote a coming together in regard to investment rules that conform to 
the existing paradigm on which Free
 Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are 
built. It seeks to incorporate proposals that have for some time been in
 the process of elaboration by actors from civil society, social 
movements, academics, and legal experts.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:14.4pt">
<span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The
 document contains an analysis of the international investment 
agreements’ regime, a series of proposed principles for the construction
 of alternative frameworks for international
 investment and a Call for the discussion and construction of a basic 
common agenda.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:14.4pt">
<strong><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Please
 send your comments, critique and suggestions for improvements at one or
 several of the following e-mails: Alberto Arroyo (RMALC-Mexico)<a href="mailto:albertoarroyo60@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(77,130,161)">albertoarroyo60@gmail.com</span></a> ,
 Luciana Ghiotto (ATTAC-Argentina)<a href="mailto:luciana.ghiotto@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(77,130,161)">luciana.ghiotto@gmail.com</span></a>, Manuel Pérez-Rocha (IPS-USA) <a href="mailto:manuel@ips-dc.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(77,130,161)">manuel@ips-dc.org</span></a> ,
 Cecilia Olivet (TNI) <a href="mailto:ceciliaolivet@tni.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(77,130,161)">ceciliaolivet@tni.org</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p>

<h3 style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.2pt">
<strong><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The document  is also available in <a href="https://docs.google.com/uc?authuser=0&id=0B2zydNoHa8kEWjVsb1dydThxLUk&export=download" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(77,130,161)">Spanish</span></a> and <a href="https://docs.google.com/uc?authuser=0&id=0B2zydNoHa8kESnB5TTRGVko0VjA&export=download" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(77,130,161)">French</span></a></span></i></strong></h3>
</div>