A Brief Analysis Of The Singapore Convention

1. Introduction

This article will provide a brief analysis of the Singapore Convention. Disputes on international trade and friendly settlement have been a matter of discussion on the international plane over the years.

2. What is the Singapore Convention?

On 20 December 2018, the United Nations General Assembly, by consensus, passed a resolution to adopt the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation. The General Assembly named this new agreement as "the Singapore Convention on Mediation'.¹ As the Assembly authorized the signing ceremony of the Convention to be held in Singapore on 7 August 2019, the Convention is also called the Singapore Convention.²