VOL. XLV

No 48

2-December-2002

IRAN

Iran Looks To The Energy Charter

By Ria Kemper

The Brussels-based Energy Charter, an inter-governmental body in which 51 states participate, began its existence primarily as a vehicle for dialogue and cooperation on energy issues among European countries. But increasingly the role of its legal foundation, the 1994 Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), as a framework for promoting investor confidence in trans-national energy projects is being recognized beyond Europes...