Dozens of countries sign up to new UN convention on mediation

Dozens of countries sign up to new UN convention on mediation

A new UN convention providing for the enforcement of cross-border mediated agreements has been signed by dozens of countries.

The UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, also called the Singapore Convention on Mediation, was adopted in December 2018 and was yesterday signed by 46 states including the US, China and India.

The European Commission is still considering whether the EU has competence to sign the convention or whether member states will have to sign individually. Neither Ireland nor the UK have signed so far.

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