Working Group VI: Judicial Sale of Ships

40 th session, 7-11 February 2022, New York 

• summary of the session: A/CN.9/WG.VI/XL/CRP.1 | Add.1 (07.2.2022) | Add.2 (08.2.2022) | Add.3 (09.2.2022) | Add.4 (10.2.2022) | Add.5 (11.2.2022)
• Letter from the Chair of WG VI
• A/CN.9/1095 - Report of Working Group VI (Judicial Sale of Ships) on the work of its fortieth session
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.93 - Annotated provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.94 - Draft Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships: Annotated Fifth Revision of the Beijing Draft
• Note by the Secretariat on the final clauses of the Beijing Draft 
• Observations of the Comité Maritime International on the fifth revision of the Beijing Draft
• Submission by Germany
• Guidance for participants
  • There will be two 2-hour meetings per day during the session from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. New York time (Eastern Standard Time, UTC -5).
  • Simultaneous interpretation in all official languages of the United Nations will be provided for both in person and remote participants.
  • The platform for remote participation is Zoom. Connection details will be communicated to registered participants. The platform can only be accessed with a Zoom account; remote participants can use an existing account or sign up for a new account at  https://zoom.us/signup .
  • It is crucial for remote participants to ensure that the “display name” for the Zoom account is updated before the session according to the following naming convention (in English or French): State or organization that the participant represents_first name_last name (for example, “UNCITRAL_Jane_Smith”).
• Required set up for virtual meetings with interpretation
• Floor plan

39 th session, 18-22 October 2021, Vienna

• A/CN.9/1089 - Report of Working Group VI (Judicial Sale of Ships) on the work of its thirty-ninth session
• Observations of the Comité Maritime International on the fourth revision of the Beijing Draft
• Submission by Italy
• Submission by Germany
• Submission by Viet Nam
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.91 - Annotated provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.92 - Draft Instrument on the Judicial Sale of Ships: Annotated Fourth Revision of the Beijing Draft 

38 th session, 19-23 April 2021, New York 

• A/CN.9/1053 - Report of Working Group VI (Judicial Sale of Ships) on the work of its thirty-eighth session
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.89 - Annotated provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.90 - Draft Instrument on the Judicial Sale of Ships: Annotated Third Revision of the Beijing Draft

37 th session, 14-18 December 2020, Vienna (online)

• A/CN.9/1047/Rev.1 Report of Working Group VI (Judicial Sale of Ships) on the work of its thirty-seventh session
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.86/Rev.1 - Annotated provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.87 - Draft Instrument on the Judicial Sale of Ships: Annotated Second Revision of the Beijing Draft
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.87/Add.1 - Note Accompanying the Second Revision of the Beijing Draft
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.88 - Synthesis of comments submitted on the second revision of the Beijing Draft

37 th session, 20-24 April 2020, New York (Postponed)

Due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 March, April and May sessions of UNCITRAL Working Groups I, III, IV, V and VI had to be postponed. Alternative arrangements were put in place, which allowed for progress to be made on the working papers scheduled for consideration at those sessions.

• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.86 - Annotated provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.87 - Draft Instrument on the Judicial Sale of Ships: Annotated Second Revision of the Beijing Draft
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.87/Add.1 - Note Accompanying the Second Revision of the Beijing Draft

36 ^th session, 18-22 November 2019, Vienna

• A/CN.9/1007 - Report of Working Group VI (Judicial Sale of Ships) on the work of its thirty-sixth session
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.83 - Annotated provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.84 - Draft Instrument on the Judicial Sale of Ships: Annotated First Revision of the Beijing Draft
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.85 - Interaction between a future instrument on the judicial sale of ships and selected HCCH Conventions

35 ^th session, 13-17 May 2019, New York

• A/CN.9/973 - Report of Working Group VI (Judicial Sale of Ships) on the work of its thirty-fifth session
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.80 - Annotated provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.81 - Proposals of the Comité Maritime International (CMI) and of Switzerland for possible future work on cross-border issues related to judicial sale of ships
• A/CN.9/WG.VI/WP.82 - Judicial Sale of Ships: Proposed Draft Instrument Prepared by the Comité Maritime International