New York Convention | 60th anniversary
New York Convention
60th anniversary
UN Headquarters, New York
28 June 2018 | 10 am – 1:00 pm | Special Event
Detailed Program of the Special Event: http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/events/Program_60_NYC.pdf
10:00 am – 10:30 am | Opening speeches
The Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, Miguel de Serpa Soares
The Secretary of UNCITRAL and Director of the International Trade Law Division, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations, Anna Joubin-Bret
Address by Representatives of States having acceded or being in the process of acceding to the New York Convention in 2018
10:30 am – 11:45 am, Moderator: Anna Joubin-Bret | Developments and Contribution to SDGs – Coordination and Cooperation
(The panel will focus in particular on coordination and cooperation under the UNCITRAL mandate)
Developments since Resolution 62/65 (6 December 2007) – UNCITRAL Secretariat
The New York Convention Guide and the “newyorkconvention1958.org” web platform, their contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to international law - Yas Banifatemi
Coordination and cooperation for the promotion of the Convention, its interpretation and application - Round table, including interactions with delegations:
- Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), US Department of Commerce, Adam Al-Sarraf
- International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank Group, Roberto Echandi
- International Bar Association (IBA), Arbitration Committee, Julie Bédard
- International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Commission on Arbitration and ADR, Hélène van Lith
11:45 am – 12:30 pm, Moderator: Judith Knieper | Effective application of the New York Convention
(The panel will focus on the need for a sound domestic legislative framework so that the goals of the Convention can be achieved)
- The New York Convention and its interplay with domestic procedural law - Blanca Gómez de la Torre
- Application of article VII of the New York Convention - Emmanuel Gaillard
12:30 pm -1:00 pm, Moderator: Corinne Montineri | UNCITRAL conventions in the field of dispute settlement: mediation and transparency
The draft convention on international settlement agreements resulting from mediation, an instrument completing the ADR framework, Itai Apter and Khory McCormick
The Mauritius Convention on Transparency, a key step in a reform process, Salim Moollan.
6:30 pm | Reception – Cocktail
Organized jointly with the ICC, in cooperation with the IBA and the NYSBA
