UNIS/L/134
6 November 2009
United Nations General Assembly
Elects New UNCITRAL Members
VIENNA, 6 November (UN Information Service) - The General Assembly on 3 November held elections to fill vacancies in the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
The outgoing members whose terms of office will expire on 20 June 2010 are: Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Gabon, Guatemala, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, United States, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
The Assembly elected the following 28 States members of UNCITRAL for a six-year term beginning on 21 June 2010: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Fiji, Gabon, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, the United States of America and Venezuela. Two more vacancies are to be filled: one from the Group of African States and one from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States. The Assembly will hold elections for the remaining seats upon notification by interested Member States from these two regions.
The term of the following 30 States members of the Commission continues until 2013: Armenia, Bahrain, Benin, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.
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The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) is the core legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law. Its mandate is to remove legal obstacles to international trade by progressively modernizing and harmonizing trade law. It prepares legal texts in a number of key areas such as international commercial dispute settlement, electronic commerce, insolvency, international payments, sale of goods, transport law, procurement and infrastructure development. UNCITRAL also provides technical assistance to law reform activities, including assisting Member States to review and assess their law reform needs and to draft the legislation required to implement UNCITRAL texts. The UNCITRAL Secretariat is located in Vienna and maintains a website at www.uncitral.org
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For further information please contact:
Jenny
Clift
Senior Legal Officer
UNCITRAL Secretariat
Email:
jenny.clift@uncitral.org
