text: interpretation intotheotherlanguage. Theyweregivenbysixlecturers from theSovietUnion, sixnon~Soviet lecturers whohavebeenassociated withthe Commission asdelegates andtwo members ofthesecretariat. 10. Thelectures attheseminar included thefollowing topics: UNCITRAL: itshistory, currentactivities andplansforthefuture; international sale ofgoods;international billsofexchange andinternational promissory notes; carriage ofgoodsbysea,international commercial arbitration and restructuring oftheforeign economic relations oftheU.S.S.R. anditslegal aspects. Thelectures werefollowed byperiods ofquestions anddiscussions.,A/CN.9/335 English Page3 D.Otherseminars, conferences, courses orprofessional meetings 11. Members oftheUNCITRAL secretariat participated asspeakers inother seminars, conferences orprofessional meetings whereUNCITRAL legaltextswere presented forexamination anddiscussion. TheUNCITRAL secretariat was represented atthefollowing seminars, conferences, courses orprofessional meetings: (i)courseon"International Transport ofGoods: Contracts and Insurance" organized bytheInternational Development LawInstitute (Rome, December 6-19,1988),UnitedNations Convention ontheCarriage ofGoods by Sea,1978(theHamburg Rules);(ii)courseoninternational payment organized bytheInter-University CentreofPostgraduate Studies (Dubrovnik, 20-25March 1989),UnitedNations Convention onInternational BillsofExchange and International Promissory NotesandtheLegalGuideonElectronic Funds Transfers; (iii)courseon"Development Assistance AgencyProcurement Guidelines" organized bytheInternational Development LawInstitute (Rome, 9-12May1989),PublicProcurement; (iv)seminar oninternational commercial arbitration organized byAsian-African LegalConsultative Committee (AALCC) (KualaLumpur, 4-5July1989), UNCITRAL ModelLawonInternational Commercial Arbitration; (v)theEighthMeeting ofLatinAmerican Banking Lawyers (Montevideo, 5-7July1989),UnitedNations Convention onInternational Bills ofExchange andInternational Promissory Notes;(vi)courseorganized bythe UnitedNations Institute forTraining andResearch (UNITAR) undertheUnited Nations-UNITAR Fellowship Programme (Hague, 19-21July1989), UNCITRAL Arbitration RulesandUNCITRAL ModelLawonInternational Commercial Arbitration; (vii)seminar sponsored bytheInstitute forMaritime Lawand Maritime TradeLaw(University ofHamburg, 29-30September 1989),Draft Convention ontheLiability ofOperators ofTransport Terminals in International Trade;(viii)thethirdEuro-Arab Arbitration Congress sponsored bytheEuro-Arab Chambers ofCommerce inco-operation withtheFederation of Jordanian Chambers ofCommerce (Amman, 23-25October 1989), UNCITRAL ModelLaw onInternational Commercial Arbitration; and(ix)seminar onCurrent Legal IssuesAffecting Central Banksorganized bytheInternational Monetary Fund (Washington, D.C.,26April1990),UNCITRAL's recentworkofinterest tolegal advisers ofcentral banks. 11.THEINTERNSHIP PROGRAMME 12. Theprogramme isdesigned toenablepersons whohaverecently obtained alawdegree, orwhohavenearlycompleted theirworktowards suchadegree, theopportunity toserveasinterns intheInternational TradeLawBranch. Interns areassigned specific tasksinconnection withprojects beingworked on bythesecretariat. Persons participating intheprogramme areableto becomefamiliar withtheworkofUNCITRAL andtoincrease theirknowledge of specific areasinthefieldofinternational tradelaw.Inaddition, the secretariat occasionally accommodates scholars andlegalpractitioners fora limited periodoftime. 13. Eachyearanaverage offourinterns havebeenaccepted. Inresponse toaquestionnaire sentbythesecretariat toallpersons thatservedas interns, thegeneral feeling expressed wasthattheprogramme provides an excellent opportunity forinterns tolearnandbroaden theirknowledge inthe fieldofinternational tradelawandthereby appreciate bettertheworkof UNCITRAL.A/CN.9/335 English Page4
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the activities and programs of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), including lectures, seminars, conferences, and an internship program. The topics covered are all related to international trade law and arbitration, with a focus on promoting the development of international trade and commerce.