[Ecommerce] UNCITRAL Working Group on Abritration

[Jeffrey D. Kovar]

There is nothing on the drawing board, but a feeling among delegations that 
on-line ADR may be an area for which UNCITRAL can bring to bear expertise 
in both electronic commerce and ADR.  We expect to see by December a 
"future e-com issues" paper come out of UNCITRAL (it will be posted on 
their website when it appears - www.uncitral.org), which may give some 
ideas for possible future work.  My guess is that this document will not 
stress online ADR, but I can't be sure until I've seen it.  In any case, 
only the annual UNCITRAL plenary session (held in June each year) can put a 
topic on the agenda.  It is very unlikely the delegations will believe some 
aspect (unknown today) of this topic will be ripe for work next year.

-----Original Message-----
From:	James Love [SMTP:love@cptech.org]
Sent:	Friday, October 27, 2000 10:20 AM
To:	Jeffrey D. Kovar
Cc:	ecommerce
Subject:	Re: [Ecommerce] UNCITRAL Working Group on Abritration


   Jeff, can you give us some information about what UNCITRAL will be
discussing with regard to ADR and ecommerce?   Knowing that something
will happen is useful, but there must be a bit more information about
what the agenda will be, or who is pushing for what.  Jamie


"Jeffrey D. Kovar" wrote:
>
> The public meeting of the Study Group on Arbitration and ADR will not/not
> focus on online ADR issues.  It will focus on the issues laid out in the
> notice.  I encourage you all to read the UNCITRAL working paper where 
that
> is clear (directions for finding it on the UNCITRAL website are 
included).
>  Those of you who are interested in legal issues under the 1958 New York
> Convention and the preparation of an international Model Law on
> Mediation/Conciliation may find the meeting very useful.  We would 
welcome
> your participation.
>
> Issues related to online ADR may be addressed sometime next year or in 
2002
> at UNCITRAL, but there will be plenty of notice if/when those issues come
> up.  If they are to be discussed at UNCITRAL, the U.S. Government will 
want
> to coordinate closely with consumer groups and experts.
>
> Jeff Kovar
> U.S. Department of State
>

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