At the heart of the current system of investment protection is the World Bank, which created the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in 1966 in response to requests for arbitration by the Bank s president.

Of the 219 known international arbitration cases concerning investment projects, some two thirds were initiated during the past three years.

Accordingly, the Court agreed with the tribunal that the arbitration was commenced under the Arbitration clause with the 3 add on' proposals agreed by the parties (i.e. an arbitration to be held in Singapore, with SIAC Rules and in English).

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The ICSID and its jurisprudence thus became a central part of international investment law and policy.

Furthermore, the Spratly Islands dispute should be resolved through international adjudication.

So now that we have this PCA ruling, we re so happy, because this judgement is recognized by the international community.

(vi) Ljubljana, Slovenia (18 19 February 2005), participation in the Working Group on Reform of Arbitration Law to assist with the drafting of new Slovenian legislation based on the UNCITRAL Model Laws on International Commercial Arbitration and International Commercial Conciliation (5 participants)

Furthermore, it gave notice of its intention to rely on the arbitration clause contained in the policy , which referred to appraisers', but proposed to have the arbitration held in Singapore under the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Rules.

It also shows the status of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, which, although adopted prior to the establishment of the Commission, is closely related to the work of the Commission in the area of international commercial arbitration.

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(e) A note prepared by the Secretariat on uniform international arbitration practice (A CN.9 WG.III WP.45)

Focusing on the legal dimension of corporate responsibilities in the field of economic development, he said that trends in investment arbitration case law suggested that certain corporate conduct obligations were inherent in the protective principles found in international investment agreements.

The representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) focused on the investment climate and the creation of an environment conducive to FDI.

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Yet the World Bank s attitude toward the ICSID remained ambivalent.

International investment disputes arising from investment agreements are on the rise, at times involving tens of millions of dollars.

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The distinction between arbitration clause and arbitration agreement is no longer relevant.

It was only a proposal to change the seat of the arbitration from Jakarta to Singapore under the SIAC Rules.

(f) Conference sponsored by the Law Center for European and International Cooperation on the United Nations Convention on Assignment of Receivables in International Trade (Cologne, Germany 25 May 2004)

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Other concerns were expressed that if a rule with respect to recognition and enforcement were introduced with respect to jurisdiction, a similar rule would likely be necessary regarding arbitration, and that this could touch upon sensitive issues in the context of international arbitration rules.

Reinforcing the ICSID is one of the biggest current challenges facing the World Bank and the international community.

(b) Unlike civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights are not justiciable at the international level and therefore not appropriate to any form of international adjudication

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(k) Fourth Annual Conference on International Commercial Arbitration sponsored by the Canadian Bar Association (Ottawa, Canada 10 12 June 2004)

(bb) Conference sponsored by the International Association of Lawyers on international arbitration in Spain (Madrid, Spain 3 5 November 2004)

The Commission continued to welcome the opportunity to discuss the desirability and feasibility of further developing the law of international commercial arbitration and continued to support developments in that field.

In this context, investor State arbitration was a critical issue in view of the increase in the number of disputes since the mid 1990s.

In such a case, the writing containing the arbitration clause constitutes the arbitration agreement for the purposes of article 35.

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These changes have increased the complexity of the international investment regime, and should broaden interest in developing a more effective investment protection framework.

This began to change with the rapid proliferation of bilateral investment treaties (BITs), which typically granted private investors standing before the ICSID.

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However, these delegations had, in the spirit of compromise, come to support the proposal in A CN.9 WG.III WP.54, particularly due to its deference to the existing international arbitration regime, and to its maintenance of the status quo in regard to arbitration practices in the maritime transport industry.

Lastly, he noted that 2005 had marked the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration and the twenty fifth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.