UNCITRAL Events and News

UNCITRAL Events and Colloquia

31 October 2018

Columbia Center for Sustainable Investment, Centre for International Environmental Law and International Institute for Sustainable Development host a session for Stakeholders on the UNCITRAL ISDS Reform Process.  

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30 October 2018

A presentation of the Application of the New York Convention in Austria, Belarus, Russian Federation and Ukraine This event is organised by the Russian Arbitration Association.

29 October 2018 to 02 November 2018

Events for the week of 29 October to 2 November can be found on the UNCITRAL events page and viewed on the Working Group III page, along with the seating and speaking arrangements for the 36th session.

29 October 2018

Martina Polasek, Deputy Secretary-General, and Prof. Christoph Schreuer, lecturer at the University of Vienna and Of Counsel with Zeiler Partners, will lead a conversation on Amending the ICSID Rules.

29 October 2018

Presentation of a draft multilingual Glossary of ISDS terms. Open to all WG III delegations and observers

28 October 2018

Délégations / Observateurs francophones au sein du Groupe de travail III.  Pour plus d’informations sur les modalités pratiques et l’inscription, veuillez contacter Benjamin Hérisset, Benjamin.herisset@un.org

Remarque : Le Secrétariat de la CNUDCI fera une présentation de la CNUDCI et des travaux du Groupe de travail III 

News Articles

14 January 2026

Egypt signed the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, also known as the “Singapore Convention on Mediation”, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 13 January 2026. Read the full press release here.

17 December 2025

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents, a landmark treaty that extends the long-established benefits of maritime bills of lading to all modes of transport. For the first time in history, goods carried by road, rail, air or sea could be represented by a single negotiable document—on paper or in electronic form. Read the full press release here.

02 December 2025

Kyrgyzstan has acceded to the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, also known as the “Singapore Convention on Mediation”. The accession by Kyrgyzstan was effected on 1 December 2025. Kyrgyzstan becomes the twentieth State party to the Singapore Convention on Mediation, which will enter into force for Kyrgyzstan on 1 June 2026. Read the full press release here.

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