Some of the issues just outlined are issues that have been constructively considered in the course of this book. UNCTAD has been involved in the area of insurance since its inception in 1964. More recently with the twin focus on the insurance sector being in the area of regulation and trade negotiation in the sector, we have at the request of our member States tried to look at arising development implications so as to provide an overview. As a focal point in the United Nations system for the integrated treatment of trade and development and related issues, UNCTAD has unique.
