United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

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An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to domestic arbitration, international  commercial arbitration and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards as also to define the law  relating to conciliation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Preamble.—WHEREAS the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)  has adopted the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration in 1985; ANDWHEREAS the General Assembly of the United Nations has recommended that all countries give  due consideration to the said Model Law, in view of the desirability of uniformity of the law of arbitral  procedures and the specific needs of international commercial arbitration practice; ANDWHEREAS the UNCITRAL has adopted the UNCITRAL Conciliation Rules in 1980; ANDWHEREAS the General Assembly of the United Nations has recommended the use of the said Rules in cases where a dispute arises in the context of international commercial relations and the parties  seek an amicable settlement of that dispute by recourse to conciliation; ANDWHEREAS the said Model Law and Rules make significant contribution to the establishment of a  unified legal framework for the fair and efficient settlement of disputes arising in international  commercial relations; ANDWHEREAS it is expedient to make law respecting arbitration and conciliation, taking into account the aforesaid Model Law and Rules;