Status of Conventions and Model Laws

Conventions

2005 - United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts

2001 - United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade

1995 - United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit

1991 - United Nations Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade

1988 - United Nations Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes

1980 - United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)

1978 - United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea - the "Hamburg Rules"

1974 - Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods, concluded at New York on 14 June 1974, as amended by the Protocol of 11 April 1980

1958 - Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - the "New York" Convention

Model Laws

2002 - UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Conciliation

2001 - UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures with Guide to Enactment 

1997 - UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency with Guide to Enactment

1996 - UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce with Guide to Enactment, with additional article 5 bis as adopted in 1998

1994 - UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services, with Guide to Enactment

1992 - UNCITRAL Model Law on International Credit Transfers

1985 - UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration