UNCITRAL Events and News

UNCITRAL Events and Colloquia

19 November 2018 to 20 November 2018

The Fifth International Conference for a Euro-Mediterranean Community of International Arbitration will be held in Madrid next 19-20 November 2018.
By bringing together experts in international arbitration and investment, the conference aims at promoting a sustainable Euro-Mediterranean arbitration community as part of a broader agenda for securing investments.

19 November 2018 to 20 November 2018

La cinquième Conférence internationale pour une communauté euro-méditerranéenne d'arbitrage international organisée conjointement par la Commission des Nations pour le droit commercial international (CNUDCI), l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE), la Cour de Madrid d'arbitrage (MCA) et le ministère de la Justice d'Espagne, aura lieu les 19 et 20 novembre 2018 à Madrid (Espagne). L’inscription est gratuite pour les représentants de gouvernements ou d’organisations internationales.

01 November 2018

UNCITRAL invites you to an overview of the UNCITRAL Transparency Standards on 1 November, 12:30-13:30, in room C0213. 

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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1040 Wien

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

05 September 2023

The United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships (the "Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships") opened for signature at a ceremony in Beijing today, 5 September 2023.  Fifteen States signed the Convention at the ceremony, which was attended by senior officials and representatives of more than 30 States. Read the full press release here.

31 August 2023

The monthly compilation for August of the bibliography of recent writings related to the work of UNCITRAL is now available.

21 August 2023

With its accession to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), Saudi Arabia becomes the 96th State Party to the Convention. Read the full press release here.

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