Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

A/RES/63/121View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 74 Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its 41st session, published in 2009.

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6 subjects

Information Exchange International Trade Law Laws and Regulations Receivables Financing Security Interests in Goods Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications

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4 operative paragraphs

Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for the completion and adoption of the Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions;²

²See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/62/17), part two, para. 100.

Requests the Secretary-General to disseminate broadly the text of the Legislative Guide, transmitting it to Governments and other interested bodies, such as national and international financial institutions and chambers of commerce;

Recommends that all States give favourable consideration to the Legislative Guide when revising or adopting legislation relevant to secured transactions, and invites States that have used the Legislative Guide to advise the Commission accordingly;

Recommends also that all States continue to consider becoming party to the United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade,³ the principles of which are also reflected in the Legislative Guide.

³Resolution 56/81, annex.

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