New Tools for the Uniform
Interpretation and
Application of UNCITRAL
Texts on Arbitration
Luca CASTELLANI
Head, UNCITRAL Regional
Centre
for Asia and the Pacific
Incheon, Republic of Korea
, UNCITRAL
• The core legal body of the UN system in the
field of international trade law
• Mandate: to remove legal obstacles to
international trade by progressively
modernizing and harmonizing international
trade law
• Prepared legal texts in a number of key
areas
Provides
• UNCITRAL technical
United assistance
Nations Commission toLawtrade law
on International Trade
reform