Speakers at the United Nations General Assembly’s Sixth Committee (Legal) unanimously expressed appreciation for the notable breakthroughs of UNCITRAL in many areas. They cited, in particular, the benefits the international community would derive from the Commission's recent adoption of the draft convention on assignment of receivables in international trade and the draft model law on electronic signatures.
UNCITRAL (the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) was established by the General Assembly in 1966 to unify international trade law so as to encourage the globalization of international trade and the free flow of goods.
Committee Work Programme
The Sixth Committee (Legal) met on the morning of 9 October 2001 to organize its agenda for the session and to begin its consideration of the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) (A/56/17).