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贸易法委员会2024年第五十七届会议请秘书处举办一次专题讨论会，讨论贸易法委员会各项文书与气候行动的相关性，特别是《联合国国际货物销售合同公约》（《销售公约》）、《公共采购示范法》、《公私伙伴关系示范立法条文》和关于争端解决的各项文书。专题讨论会应有助于贸易法委员会评估秘书处是否有必要编写关于现有文书的实际适用和解释的指导文件以及可能的补充案文，以处理有关气候行动的问题。根据这一请求，贸易法委员会秘书处将于2024年10月23日和24日在维也纳国际中心（奥地利维也纳）举办贸易法委员会关于国际贸易法促进绿色未来的专题讨论会。

At its fifty-seventh session, the Commission mandated Working Group II to work on the recognition and enforcement of electronic arbitral awards and, subsequently, on electronic notices of arbitration. In this regard, the Commission provided the Working Group with a broad mandate to identify the issues and explore appropriate solutions to address those issues without prejudice to the final form of the outcome. Hence, the Commission requested that the Secretariat organize a two-day colloquium during the eightieth session of the Working Group to further assess the issues with respect to the use of electronic awards.

The China Arbitration Summit 2024 & China-MENA Arbitration Summit will be held on 26 September 2024 at China World Summit Wing, Beijing. The Summit is co-hosted by the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI), and the All China Lawyers Association (ACLA).  

The Summit, which is a flagship event of the China Arbitration Week, will focus on the theme “International Arbitration Transcending Eras”. the Summit will bring together arbitration and legal experts from across the globe to share their views on cutting-edge and topical issues in the new era, explore the future direction of international arbitration, and jointly develop international arbitration that transcends eras. Concurrently with the Summit, the China-MENA Arbitration Summit will be held to further strengthen communication and cooperation in international commercial arbitration, and to promote collaboration in dispute resolution between China and the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. 

Co-organized by UNCITRAL and Dalian Maritime University and supported by the Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM), the “International Symposium on the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) and Law Relating to Electronic B/L in Transition” will be held in person and virtually on Friday, 31 May 2024. Against the backdrop of China's commitment to international high-standard economic and trade rules, the symposium intends to take stock of the gap analysis between national legislation and the MLETR, as well as examine the practice-related and legal issues associated with electronic maritime bills of lading in the context of China’s planned revision of the Maritime Law.