United Nations Convention on International Settlement
Agreements Resulting from Mediation
A/RES/73/198
Noting that the decision of the Commission to concurrently prepare a convention
on international settlement agreements resulting from mediation and an amendment
to the Model Law on International Commercial Conciliation was intended to
accommodate the different levels of experience with mediation in different
jurisdictions and to provide States with consistent standards on the cross-border
enforcement of international settlement agreements resulting from mediation, without
creating any expectation that interested States may adopt either instrument, 3
Noting with satisfaction that the preparation of the draft convention was the
subject of due deliberation and that the draft convention benefited from consultations
with Governments as well as intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations,
Taking note of the decision of the Commission at its fifty-first session to submit
the draft convention to the General Assembly for its consideration, 4
Taking note with satisfaction of the draft convention approved by the
Commission, 5
Expressing its appreciation to the Government of Singapore for its offer to host
a signing ceremony for the Convention in Singapore,
1.
Commends the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
for preparing the draft convention on international settlement agreements resulting
from mediation;
2.
Adopts the United Nations Convention on International Settlement
Agreements Resulting from Mediation, contained in the annex to the present resolution;
3.
Authorizes a ceremony for the opening for signature of the Convention to
be held in Singapore on 7 August 2019, and recommends that the Convention be
known as the “Singapore Convention on Mediation”;
4.
Calls upon those Governments and regional economic integration
organizations that wish to strengthen the legal framework on international dispute
settlement to consider becoming a party to the Convention.
62nd plenary meeting
20 December 2018
Annex
United Nations Convention on International Settlement
Agreements Resulting from Mediation
Preamble
The Parties to this Convention,
Recognizing the value for international trade of mediation as a method for
settling commercial disputes in which the parties in dispute request a third person or
persons to assist them in their attempt to settle the dispute amicably,
Noting that mediation is increasingly used in international and domestic
commercial practice as an alternative to litigation,
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/72/17),
paras. 238–239; see also A/CN.9/901, para. 52.
Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-third Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/73/17),
para. 49.
Ibid., annex I.
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