UNICITRAL
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) was established by the General Assembly in 1966 ( Resolution 2205(XXI) of 17 December 1966). In establishing the Commission, the General Assembly recognized that disparities in national laws governing international trade created obstacles to the flow of trade, and it regarded the Commission as the vehicle by which the United Nations could play a more active role in reducing or removing these obstacles.
Mandate
The General Assembly gave the Commission the general mandate to further the progressive harmonization and unification of the law of international trade. The Commission has since come to be the core legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law.
Composition
The Commission is composed of sixty member States elected by the General Assembly. Membership is structured so as to be representative of the world's various geographic regions and its principal economic and legal systems. Members of the Commission are elected for terms of six years, the terms of half the members expiring every three years.
IMPORTANT INITIATIVES BY UNCITRAL – E- COMMERCE
• United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) (click to read) • UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce with Guide to Enactment 1996 With additional article 5 bis as adopted in 1998 (click to read) • UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures with Guide to Enactment 2001 (click to read) • United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts (click to read)
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