2023 UNCITRAL South Asia Conference
UNCITRAL RCAP held the 2023 UNCITRAL South Asia Conference, a flagship event co-hosted with the Ministry of External Affairs, Republic of India and the UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee of India on 14 - 16 September in New Delhi. Global and regional legal and judicial experts shared insights on commercial law topics including the digital economy, MSMEs and access to credit, insolvency, investor-state dispute settlement reform, international commercial arbitration and mediation, and more. Special highlights included a high-level inaugural and roundtable sessions focusing on regional perspectives on UNCITRAL.
Inaugural Session
Inaugural speeches
- Ms. Anna Joubin-Bret, Secretary of UNCITRAL
- Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General for India
- Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs of India
- Hon'ble Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India
- Mr. Fali S. Nariman, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Chair of UNCCI
Day 1
Session 2: MSMEs and Access to Credit
- Mr. Jae Sung Lee, Senior Legal Officer, UNCITRAL
- Mr. Jinchang Lai, Principal Operations Officer, Financial Institutions Group Asia Pacific, International Finance Cooperation (IFC), World Bank Group
Session 6: Commercial Mediation
- Ms. Tracy Choi, Legal Expert, UNCITRAL RCAP
- Ms. Ruwanadini Kuruppu, Assistant Secretary (Legal), Ministry of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms, Sri Lanka
Day 2
Session 7: Commercial Arbitration
Session on CLOUT
Valedictory speech