1. UN commission on Trade Law
UNCITRAL
UN commission on Trade Law

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What is it?
What does it?
The commission
The six working group

3. What is it? The UNCITRAL is an organisation of the UN
that operates for the modernisation and
harmonization of Rules on international
business.
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4. What does it? In order to achieve its objectives,
UNCITRAL formulates modern rules on
commercial transactions. These includes:
Conventions
Legal and legislative guides and recommendations
Updated assistance in law reform projects
Regional and national seminars
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5. The commission The commission, who carries out its work at
annual session, it’s the main organ of the
UNCITRAL and it establishes six working
groups to perform its objectives.
It’s not composed by
all the States of the UN.
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6. The six working groups Each group works on a specific topic and
these issues are:
Group I: Micro, small and medium-sized Enterprises
Group II: Arbitration and conciliation
Group III: Online disputes resolution
Group IV: Elettronic commerce
Group V: Insolvency law
Group VI: Security interests
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