Modernizing the Energy Charter Process? The Energy Charter Conference Road Map and the Russian Draft Convention on Energy Security
Article from: OGEL 5 (2011), in The Energy Charter Treaty
Introduction
On 24 November 2010, the Energy Charter Conference adopted a "Road Map for the Modernisation of the Energy Charter Process" (Road Map) as a strategic document to respond to the important changes in global energy relations since the 1990's and ensure the relevance and authority of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) in current circumstances and for the future. The Road Map expressly recognises the contribution of the Conceptual Approach to the New Legal Framework for Energy Cooperation presented in April 2009 by the President of the Russian Federation (Russia) Dmitry ...