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 (Brochure)
- Ghana (Brochure)
- Morocco(in French only)
- Thailand
Presentations by Governments expressing their interest in hosting the headquarters or regional offices of the Advisory Centre
Armenia (Slides)
Côte d’Ivoire (Slides)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Additional statement
Egypt (Slides)
France (Slides)
Ghana (Slides)
Morocco
Thailand (Slides)
Additional resources
- A/CN.9/1265 - Summary of the third meeting on the operationalization of the Advisory Centre on International Investment Dispute Resolution and updates to the Statute thereof
- 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