Revised Articles of the Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, and the Recommendation Regarding the Interpretation of Article Ii, Paragraph 2, and Article Vii, Paragraph 1, of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, Done at New York, 10 June 1958

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 77 Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its 39th session, published in 2006.

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Arbitration Rules Information Dissemination International Commercial Arbitration International Trade Law Model Laws Treaty Interpretation Uniform Laws

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Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for formulating and adopting the revised articles of its Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration on the form of the arbitration agreement and interim measures, the text of which is contained in annex I to the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its thirty-ninth session,⁴ and recommends that all States give favourable consideration to the enactment of the revised articles of the Model Law, or the revised Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, when they enact or revise their laws, in view of the desirability of uniformity of the law of arbitral procedures and the specific needs of international commercial arbitration practice;

⁴Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/61/17).

Also expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for formulating and adopting the recommendation regarding the interpretation of article II, paragraph 2, and article VII, paragraph 1, of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, done at New York, 10 June 1958,Error: Reference source not found the text of which is contained in annex II to the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its thirty-ninth session;Error: Reference source not found

Requests the Secretary-General to make all efforts to ensure that the revised articles of the Model Law and the recommendation become generally known and available.

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