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Barbados has signed and ratified the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships (the "Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships"). Read the full press release here.

Brazil has signed the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships (the "Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships"). Read the full press release here.
 

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

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Upcoming Events

14 March 2025

于2025年3月14日,联合国国际贸易法委员会亚洲及太平洋区域中心将与中国香港特别行政区政府律政司共同举办气候变化与国际贸易法会议。是次会议将会包括一系列的专题研讨,当中包括贸法会气候变化研讨会的主要成果,可持续供应链(包括公共采购,公私型伙伴关系,联合国国际货物销售合同公约等),气候变化与破产,以及争议避免与解决等议题。如有兴趣亲身或在线参与,请前往此链接登记。详情请参阅此链接

14 March 2025

On 14 March 2025, UNCITRAL RCAP and the Department of Justice of the Government of Hong Kong SAR, China will co-organize the Conference on Climate Change and International Trade Law. This one- day conference will consist of panel discussions covering the key takeaways of recent UNCITRAL colloquiums, sustainable supply chains (including PPs, PPPs and the CISG), insolvency and dispute prevention and settlement. Please click here to register for in-person or virtual participation. More details are available here.

20 February 2025 to 21 February 2025

At its fifty-seventh session, in 2024, the Commission noted the emergence of new types of assets that could be used as collateral in international finance (including digital assets, data, verified carbon credits and crop receipts) as well as the development of new international financing practices. The Commission also noted legislative efforts by international and regional organizations to address transactions involving such assets as well as the evolving legislative approaches of States to legally characterize those new types of assets. It thus requested the UNCITRAL secretariat to organize a colloquium to clarify and refine various aspects of possible future work in the area. Read more here.

In the Media

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is seen after his visit to the Exhibition Fair at the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS), taking place in Istanbul, on 23-24 May.

  • Secretary-General Attends Resilient Communities Pre-Summit Meeting, Istanbul
  • Secretary-General Visits WHS Innovation Marketplace
  • Secretary-General Visits WHS Exhibition Fair
  • Secretary-General Visits WHS Exhibition Fair
  • Secretary-General Visits WHS Exhibition Fair
  • Secretary-General Visits WHS Exhibition Fair
  • Secretary-General Visits WHS Exhibition Fair
  • Secretary-General Speaks at WHS Mayors' Focus Session on Migration