Dear All,hin existing UNCITRAL dispute settlement tools, we feel as though such a tool would be helpful and should be added down the line. However, Working Group II ccould first benefit from some exploratory work by the Secretariat on how such an addition could impact dispute settlement procedures under the UNCITRAL rules. It would also be good to know how such mechanism were included in institutional rules in the past and what were the difficulties faced by the institutions in drafting and implementation.    

 

• Possible adjustments to UNCITRAL working procedure (p. 11 to the Work Programme): The suggested additions seem useful, including maintaining adoption by silent procedure following Working Group sessions for adopting reports (while affording the opportunity for delegations to submit comments to  drafts), holding hybrid meetings, encouraging additional informal consultations, and updating contact details of each delegation.

 

• Future Work – Working Group II: Assuming that the Commission adopts all instruments on the table or at least most of them (the only one which might not likely be adopted is the Explanatory Note to the expedited arbitration provisions. This raises the question for what should be the next project of the Working Group.     

 

 

Please let us know if there are other topics you would like to discuss.

 

As to our meeting time, please let us know which dates from the following list would work for you (Jerusalem time):

Tuesday, June 22: 14:30 PM

Wednesday, June 23: 14:30 PM

Thursday, June 24: 14:30 PM

 

We look forward to seeing you next week,

 

Best,

 

Itai and Lianna

 

Israel Ministry of Justice