text: IFILECOpyI UNITED NATIONS~::::~::u:'~~ ,TOE::~~~O_~------>-»-- r jGENERAL ASSEMBLY UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADELAW Twenty-third session NewYork,25June- 6July1990Distr. GEfiERAL A/CN.91337 1June1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH "fJ'.STATUS OFCONVENTIONS Note by theSecretariat 1.Atitsthirteenth session theCommission decided thatitwouldconsider, at eachofitssessions, thestatusofconventions thatweretheoutcome ofwork carried outbyit.~I 2.Thepresent noteissubmitted pursuant tothatdecision. Theannexhereto setsforththestateofsignatures, ratifications, accessions andapprovals asof 16May1990tothefollowing conventions: Convention ontheLimitation Periodin theInternational SaleofGoods(NewYork,1974); Protocol amending theConvention ontheLimitation PeriodintheInternational SaleofGoods(Vienna, 1980); United Nations Convention ontheCarriage ofGoods by Sea,1978(Hamburg); UnitedNations Convention onContracts fortheInternational SaleofGoods(Vienna, 1980);United Nations Convention onInternational BillsofExchange andInternational Promissory Notes(NewYork,1988);andConvention ontheRecognition andEnforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (NewYork,1958). ThelatterConvention, whichhasnot emanated fromtheworkoftheCommission, hasbeenincluded because oftheclose interest oftheCommission init,particularly inconnection withtheCommission's workinthefieldofinternational commercial arbitration. Inaddition, theannex setsforththosejurisdictions thathaveenacted legislation basedontheUNCITRAL ModelLawonInternational Commercial Arbitration. 3.Sincethemostrecentreportinthisseriesshowing thestatusofconventions asof16May1989(A/CN.9/325), theConvention ontheLimitation Periodinthe International SaleofGoodsreceived 1additional ratification (German Democratic Republic), theProtocol amending thatConvention received 2additional accessions (Czechoslovakia and German Democratic Republic), theUnitedNations Convention on Contracts fortheInternational SaleofGoodshasreceived 7additional ratif~cations oraccessions (Byelorussian S.S.R.,ChUe, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Federal Republic of,Iraq>,Switzerland andUkrainian S.S.R.), theUnitedNations Convention ontheCarriage ofGoods>bySea,1978 ("Hamburg Rules") hasreceived 3 ~IReportoftheUnitedNations Commission onInternational TradeLawonthe workofitsthirteenth session, Official Records oftheGeneral Assembly. Thirty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 17(A/35/l7), para.163. 5790T V.90-85346A/CN.9/337 English Page2 additional ratifications oraccessions (Burkina Faso,KenyaandLesotho), the Convention ontheRecognition andEnforcement ofForeign Arbitra1 Awardshas received 1additional accession (Lesotho), andtheUnitedNations Convention on International BillsofExchange andInternational Promissory Notes(NewYork,1988) received onesignature (Canada). Inaddition, legislation basedontheUNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration hasbeenenacted inaddition in Bulgaria, Hong Kong and,withintheUnitedStatesofAmerica, Connecticut andTexas. 4.ThenamesoftheStatesthathaveratified oracceded totheconventions since thepreparation ofthelastreportareunderlined. 1.Convention ontheLimitation PeriodintheInternational SaleofGoods (NewYork,1974)I • Argentina Brazil Bulgaria Bye10russian SSR CostaRica Czechoslovakia Dominican Republic Egypt GermanDemocratic Republic Ghana Hungary Mexico Mongolia Nicaragua Norway1/ Poland Ukrainian SSR USSR Yugoslavia ZambiaSignature 14June1974 24February 1975 14June1974 30August 1974 29August 1975 14June1974 5December 1974 14June1974 14June1974 13May1975 11December 1975 14June1974 14June1974 14June1974Ratification Accession Approval 9October 1981 26May1977 23December 1977 6December 1982 31August 1989 7October 1975 16June1983
analysis: The text appears to be a report on the status of international conventions related to trade law, specifically conventions on the limitation period in international sales, carriage of goods by sea, contracts for international sale of goods, international bills of exchange and promissory notes, and recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. The report also mentions the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration. The focus on trade law and international conventions suggests that the category should be related to international trade.