An oral report will be presented on the Twelfth Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot competition.

The dispute arose out of a charter party entered into by the claimant and the respondent, providing for arbitration under the rules of the German Maritime Arbitration Association (GMAA) in Hamburg.

Commercial fraud would flourish in the absence of effective rules to contain it.

However, one difficulty with the approach in the Hamburg Rules was said to be that they reduced commercial certainty by allowing the arbitration to take place in one of a number of different possible locations.

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).

The Supreme Court found that the arbitral award was binding and enforceable, according to s. 29 of the Commercial Arbitration Act and article 35 (1) MAL.

(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)

(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)

(iv) Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization arbitration and conciliation rules for a dispute resolution centre (from December 2004)

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.

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.

Proposal by the Government of Mexico regarding written form for arbitration agreements, to be submitted to the UNCITRAL Working Group on Commercial Arbitration

Amendment to Proposal by the Government of Mexico regarding written form for arbitration agreements, to be submitted to the UNCITRAL Working Group on Commercial Arbitration

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

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

Draft text of model legislative provision on written form for the arbitration agreement, revising article 7 of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration

However, concern was also expressed that recourse to arbitration might hinder the application of the rules of the draft instrument on exclusive jurisdiction.

There is a significant analogy with the question of the effect of an outbreak of hostilities upon a clause providing for arbitration under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce.

Such an approach does not contradict multilateral trading system rules, which provide ample scope for industrial policy.

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.

Remarks on the draft text of model legislative provision on written form for the arbitration agreement, revising article 7 of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration

Note on possible future work in the area of international commercial arbitration A CN.9 460 (April 1999, paras.

The Working Group suspended its deliberations in order to complete the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Conciliation and the draft provisions relating to interim measures in arbitration.

Examples were given of situations where such a reference in an oral contract to a set of arbitration rules should be accepted as expressing sufficiently the existence and contents of the arbitration agreement, particularly when the set of rules includes a model arbitration clause (ibid.).

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Despite its minimal content ( Arbitration Hamburg ), the clause was valid because when read in conjunction with the EEC it referred to the rules of German Coffee Association, the local coffee trading association.

In response, concern was raised that creating rules regarding third parties could amount to impinging on the domain of the New York Convention regarding the enforceability of arbitration agreements.

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

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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.

At its thirty second session (Vienna, 17 May 4 June 1999), the Commission had before it a note entitled Possible future work in the area of international commercial arbitration (A CN.9 460).

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

Trade liberalization is emphasized as an engine of growth, where a WTO compatible trade regime is considered to be the paramount element in enhancing the economy's export capacity and competitiveness.

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