Papers presented at the

UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific
Launch Event
10 January 2012
Meet-you-all Tower, 20th Floor
Incheon, Republic of Korea

Part I: Opening Ceremony

Welcome address

Patricia O'BRIEN (The Legal Counsel, United Nations)

Congratulatory remarks

KWON, Jae-Jin (Minister of Justice, Republic of Korea) - Young-Gil SONG (Mayor of Incheon)

UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific: An Introduction

Renaud SORIEUL - Jae Sung LEE (UNCITRAL)

Part II: Regional Workshop

Opening remarks

JUNG, Byung Doo (Vice-minister, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea) - Ho Won LEE (President, KITLA) - Renaud SORIEUL (The Secretary, UNCITRAL)

The Role of the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific

Moderator: Renaud SORIEUL (UNCITRAL)

Soogeun OH - Kilaparti RAMAKRISHNA - Kazuaki SONO

Significance of UNCITRAL texts in the Asia-Pacific Region: CISG and UNCITRAL texts on arbitration

Moderator: Jae Sung LEE (UNCITRAL)

Huda BAHWERES - CHAIRIJA - Kevin K. KIM - Fan YANG

New developments at UNCITRAL and their implications: Electronic commerce and online dispute resolution

Moderator: Jeffrey CHAN Wah Teck, S.C.

Kyoungjin CHOI - Chang-ho CHUNG - Jayantha FERNANDO