Final call for Governments to express their interest to host the Advisory Centre on International Investment Dispute Resolution

In accordance with the decision by the Commission at its fifty-eighth session (A/80/17, para. 197), Governments interested in hosting the headquarters or a regional office of the Advisory Centre were invited to submit a detailed proposal by 20 October 2025 to the secretariat.

The proposal should indicate, among others: (i) the expected support from the host State or Government, including indicative multi-year figures for financial or in-kind contributions, any ceilings or limits (including premises as well as support for the interim secretariat); (ii) time frames for concluding a host-country agreement, including privileges and immunities granted to other international organizations in the host country; (iii) information on the political and economic situation, including currency conversions; (iv) accessibility, including travel costs and flight connectivity to and from major LDC capitals; (v) information on visa facilitation measures; (vi) information about digital infrastructure supporting remote engagement and cybersecurity protections; and (vii) human capital and institutional environment, including the presence and size of the local arbitration or ISDS community, local language capabilities and cost-of-living considerations relevant to staff recruitment and retention (A/CN.9/1218, para. 22).

Proposals received are made available below in the original form and language received. Oral presentations delivered during the AC-OP3 meeting in December will be made available on this webpage in due course.

Proposals submitted by Governments

• Armenia  
• Côte d’Ivoire (in French only)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (in French only)
• Egypt (Annex)
• France (in French only) (Brochure)
• Ghana
• Morocco (in French only)
• Thailand  

Additional resources

• A/80/17 - Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Fifty-eighth session 
• A/79/17 - Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Fifty-seventh session
• Statute of the Advisory Centre on International Investment Dispute Resolution (adopted in principle in 2024)
• A/CN.9/1196 - Report of Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform) on the work of its fifty-first session, first part (New York, 17–19 February 2025)
• Webpage of the third Advisory Centre operationalization meeting in Paris, France (1–3 December 2025)
• Webpage of the second Advisory Centre operationalization meeting in Yerevan, Armenia (6–8 May 2025), including prior oral presentations by interested Governments
• A/CN.9/1218 - Summary of the second meeting on the operationalization of the Advisory Centre on International Investment Dispute Resolution
• Webpage of the first Advisory Centre operationalization meeting in Bangkok, Thailand (2–4 December 2024), including prior oral presentations by interested Governments
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.251 - Summary of the first meeting on the operationalization of the Advisory Centre on International Investment Dispute Resolution submitted by the Government of Thailand