Director of Beijing Lanpeng Law Firm Mr. Qihuai Zhang Witnessed the Signing Ceremony of the Singapore Convention on Mediation in Singapore
7 August 2019
8月6日至7日，由新加坡律政部和联合国国际贸易法委员会联合举办的《新加坡调解公约》会议和签字仪式，在新加坡香格里拉酒店隆重举行。中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会资深仲裁员、北京多元调解发展促进会资深调解员、北京市蓝鹏律师事务所主任律师张起淮作为特邀代表，与来自世界各地的约700名政府官员、公司高管、法律从业者和学术人士共同见证这一具有历史意义的签约仪式并参加大会。
During the 6th and 7th of August, the Singapore Convention Signing Ceremony and Conference, jointly organized by United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and Singapore Ministry of Law, was held in Shangri-La Hotel Singapore. As a senior arbitrator in the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, an experienced mediator in Beijing Association for Alternative Dispute Resolution and the director of Beijing Lanpeng Law Firm, Mr. Qihuai Zhang was invited as a representative to attend and witness the historic signing ceremony with about 700 government officials, company executives, legal practitioners and academics around the world.
新加坡总理李显龙和联合国主管法律事务助理秘书长Stephen Mathias发表了正式讲话。联合国秘书长古特雷斯也通过视频发表讲话。新加坡副总理兼财政部长王瑞杰在当晚大会晚宴上进行主题发言。
Singapore Prime Minister Mr. Lee Hsien Loong and UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Stephen Mathias delivered formal speeches. UN Secretary-General Mr. Antonio Guterres spoke through video as well. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Singapore Mr. Heng Swee Keat delivered the keynote speech at the general assembly dinner.
与会发言贵宾还包括联合国国际法院副院长薛捍勤法官、淡马锡国际首席执行官狄澜（Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara）、印尼前外交部长马提博士（Dr Marty Natalegawa）、国际商事仲裁理事会主席Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler教授和肯尼亚前高等法院法官、牛津大学访问学者Edward Torgbor法官。
Speakers at the conference also included Justice Sherhanqin, Deputy President of the United Nations International Court of Justice, Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara, CEO of Temasek International, Dr. Marty Natalegawa, former Foreign Minister of Indonesia; Professor Gabrielle Kaufmann-kohler, President of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, and Judge Edward Torgbor, former high court judge of Kenya and visiting scholar at Oxford University.
《新加坡调解公约》是首个在联合国框架下以新加坡命名的国际公约，其标识是一朵色彩鲜艳的胡姬花，象征各国齐聚“小红点”（新加坡别称）展开对话,其作用是有效应对国际贸易纠纷和商业争端，通过调解机制达成商业和解协议。
The Singapore Convention on Mediation is the first international treaty named after Singapore under the UN framework, with the logo as a colorful Vanda Miss Joaquim, symbolling that countries gathered in the "little red dot"(the nickname of Singapore) to undertake a conversation, whose role is to effectively deal with international trade disputes and commercial disputes, and conclude commercial settlement agreement through mediation mechanism.
《新加坡调解公约》去年12月份由联合国大会通过。该公约须至少获得三个国家签署及核准才能生效，并且仅适用于商业和解协议。受《新加坡调解公约》约束的签署国必须执行在有关框架下达成的调解协议。连同国际仲裁协议《纽约公约》和《海牙选择法院协议公约》在内，三项公约将形成完整的国际争议解决执行框架。
The Singapore Convention on Mediation was adopted by the UN general assembly last December. The Convention must be signed and ratified by at least three countries before it enters into force and applies only to commercial settlement agreements. Signatories to the Singapore Convention on Mediation shall enforce the settlement agreement reached within the relevant framework. Together with the New York Convention, Arbitration and the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements, the three conventions will establish a comprehensive framework for the implementation of international dispute settlement.
本次会议主要议题是签署新的支持促进跨境商业调解国际公约——《新加坡调解公约》。包括中国、美国、新加坡、澳大利亚、日本、韩国、乌干达、瓦努阿图、文莱、缅甸和越南等46多国代表出席该公约签字仪式。
The main topic of the meeting is the signing of the Singapore Convention on Mediation, a new international convention to promote the cross-border commercial mediation. Forty-six countries including China, the United States, Singapore, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Uganda, Vanuatu, Brunei, Myanmar and Vietnam attended the signing ceremony.
