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STATUS AS AT : 08-02-2023 10:15:44 EDT
CHAPTER XXII
COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION
4. United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation
New York, 20 December 2018
Entry into force
:
12 September 2020, in accordance with article 14(1) , the Convention shall enter into force six months after deposit of the third instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
Registration :
12 September 2020, No. 56376
Status :
Signatories : 55. Parties : 10
Text : Certified true copy

C.N.154.2019.TREATIES-XXII.4 of 8 May 2019 (Issuance of Certified True Copies) and C.N.155.2019.TREATIES-XXII.4 of 8 May 2019  (Opening for signature)
Note :
The Convention was adopted on 20 December 2018 by resolution 73/198 during the seventy-third session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. The Convention shall be open for signature by all States in Singapore, on 7 August 2019, and thereafter at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Participant
Signature
Ratification, Acceptance(A), Approval(AA), Accession(a)
Afghanistan
 7 Aug 2019
 
Armenia
26 Sep 2019
 
Australia
10 Sep 2021
 
Belarus
 7 Aug 2019
15 Jul 2020 AA
Benin
 7 Aug 2019
 
Brazil
 4 Jun 2021
 
Brunei Darussalam
 7 Aug 2019
 
Chad
26 Sep 2019
 
Chile
 7 Aug 2019
 
China
 7 Aug 2019
 
Colombia
 7 Aug 2019
 
Congo
 7 Aug 2019
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo
 7 Aug 2019
 
Ecuador
25 Sep 2019
 9 Sep 2020
Eswatini
 7 Aug 2019
 
Fiji
 7 Aug 2019
25 Feb 2020
Gabon
25 Sep 2019
 
Georgia
 7 Aug 2019
29 Dec 2021
Ghana
22 Jul 2020
 
Grenada
 7 Aug 2019
 
Guinea-Bissau
26 Sep 2019
 
Haiti
 7 Aug 2019
 
Honduras
 7 Aug 2019
 2 Sep 2021
India
 7 Aug 2019
 
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
 7 Aug 2019
 
Israel
 7 Aug 2019
 
Jamaica
 7 Aug 2019
 
Jordan
 7 Aug 2019
 
Kazakhstan
 7 Aug 2019
23 May 2022
Lao People's Democratic Republic
 7 Aug 2019
 
Malaysia
 7 Aug 2019
 
Maldives
 7 Aug 2019
 
Mauritius
 7 Aug 2019
 
Montenegro
 7 Aug 2019
 
Nigeria
 7 Aug 2019
 
North Macedonia
 7 Aug 2019
 
Palau
 7 Aug 2019
 
Paraguay
 7 Aug 2019
 
Philippines
 7 Aug 2019
 
Qatar
 7 Aug 2019
12 Mar 2020
Republic of Korea
 7 Aug 2019
 
Rwanda
28 Jan 2020
 
Samoa
 7 Aug 2019
 
Saudi Arabia
 7 Aug 2019
 5 May 2020
Serbia
 7 Aug 2019
 
Sierra Leone
 7 Aug 2019
 
Singapore
 7 Aug 2019
25 Feb 2020
Sri Lanka
 7 Aug 2019
 
Timor-Leste
 7 Aug 2019
 
Türkiye
 7 Aug 2019
11 Oct 2021
Uganda
 7 Aug 2019
 
Ukraine
 7 Aug 2019
 
United States of America
 7 Aug 2019
 
Uruguay
 7 Aug 2019
 
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
 7 Aug 2019
 
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Declarations and Reservations
(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made upon ratification, accession or succession.)
Belarus

Belarus

Reservation made upon signature, and confirmed upon approval:
       "In accordance with the article 8 of the Convention the Republic of Belarus shall not apply this Convention to settlement agreements to which it is a party, or to which any governmental agencies or any person acting on behalf of a governmental agency is a party."

Georgia

Georgia

Reservations:
       “The following reservations shall be taken into consideration upon ratification of the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation:
       a) Georgia declares that this Convention shall not apply to settlement agreements to which it is a party, or to which any governmental agencies or any person acting on behalf of governmental agency is a party;
       b) Georgia hereby declares that this Convention shall apply only to the extent that the parties to the settlement agreement have agreed to the application of the Convention.”

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Declaration made upon signature:
       “The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran seizes the opportunity at this moment of signing ‘the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation’, to place on the record its ‘understanding’ in relation to provisions of the Convention, bearing in mind that the main objective for submitting this declaration is the avoidance of eventual future interpretation of the following articles in a manner incompatible with the original intention and previous positions or in disharmony with national laws and regulations of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
       It is the understanding of the Islamic Republic of Iran as well as reservations that:
       - the Islamic Republic of Iran has no obligation to apply this Convention to settlement agreements to which it is a party, or to which any governmental agencies or any person acting on behalf of a governmental agency is a party, to the extent specified in the declaration;
       - The Islamic Republic of Iran will apply this Convention only to the extent that the parties to the settlement agreement have agreed to the application of the Convention;
       - The Islamic Republic of Iran may have the choice to make reservations upon ratification;
       - The Islamic Republic of Iran, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, reserves the right to adopt laws and regulations to co-operate with the States.”

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Reservations made upon ratification:
       “1. In accordance with article 8, paragraph 1 (a) of the Convention, the Republic of Kazakhstan does not apply this Convention to settlement agreements to which it is a party, or to which any governmental agencies or any person acting on behalf of a governmental agency is a party.
       2. In accordance with article 8, paragraph 1 (b) of the Convention, the Republic of Kazakhstan shall apply this Convention only to the extent that the parties to the settlement agreement have agreed to the application of the Convention.”

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Reservation made upon ratification
       The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hereby declares that the Convention shall not apply to settlement agreements to which it or any of its governmental agencies is a party, or any person acting on behalf of those governmental agencies.

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