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In the years since its establishment, UNCITRAL has been recognized as the core legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law. A legal body with universal membership specializing in commercial law reform worldwide for over 40 years, UNCITRAL's business is the modernization and harmonization of rules on international business.
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The Commission carries out its work at annual sessions, which are held in alternate years at United Nations Headquarters in New York and at the Vienna International Centre at Vienna. Each working group of the Commission typically holds one or two sessions a year, depending on the subject-matter to be covered; these sessions also alternate between New York and Vienna. In addition to member States, all States that are not members of the Commission, as well as interested international organizations, are invited to attend sessions of the Commission and of its working groups as observers. Observers are permitted to participate in discussions at sessions of the Commission and its working groups to the same extent as members.
Working Groups The Commission has established six working groups to perform the substantive preparatory work on topics within the Commission's programme of work. Each of the working groups is composed of all member States of the Commission. The six working groups and their current topics are as follows: Working Group I - Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Working Group II - Dispute Settlement Working Group III - Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform Working Group IV - Electronic Commerce Working Group V - Insolvency Law Working Group VI - Security Interests
Meetings Commission Session 25 June-13 July 2018, New York Working Group I: Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 16-20 October 2017, Vienna 12-16 March 2018, New York Tentative dates: 24-28 September 2018, Vienna Working Group II: Dispute Settlement 2-6 October 2017, Vienna 5-9 February 2018, New York Tentative dates: 10-14 September 2018, Vienna Working Group III: Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform 27 November-1 December 2017, Vienna 23-27 April 2018, New York Tentative dates: 8-12 October 2018, Vienna Working Group IV: Electronic Commerce 16-20 April 2018, New York Tentative dates: 19-23 November 2018, Vienna Working Group V: Insolvency Law 18-22 December 2017, Vienna 7-11May 2018, New York Tentative dates: 10-14 December 2018, Vienna Working Group VI: Security Interests 11-15 December 2017, Vienna 30 April-4 May 2018, New York Tentative dates: 26-30 November 2018, Vienna Colloquia 50th Anniversary Congress Important notice on the access to UNCITRAL documents © 2017 UNCITRAL