United Nations A/CN.9/WG.II/LXVII/INF/1/Rev.1
General Assembly
Distr.: Limited 2 October 2017Original: English/French/Spanish
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
Working Group II (Dispute Settlement)
Vienna, 2-6 October 2017
List of Participants
A. States Members of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
ARGENTINA
Representantes: S.E. Sr. Rafael Mariano GROSSI
Embajador
Representante Permanente
Sra. Laura Maria de Lourdes JAMSCHON MAC GARRY
Primer Secretario
Representante Permanente Alterno
ARMENIA
AUSTRALIA
Representatives: Mr. Khory McCORMICK
Professor
Ms. Bridgette BARBERIS
Professor
Griffith University
AUSTRIA
Representatives: Ms. Petra PEER
Judge
Regional Court Wiener Neustadt
Mr. Christian RAUSCHER
Senior Public Prosecutor Federal Ministry of Justice
BELARUS
Representative: Mr. Igor MISHKORUDNY
Counsellor
Permanent Mission
BRAZIL
Representative: Mr. Gustavo Meira CARNEIRO
Second Secretary
Permanent Mission
BULGARIA
Representatives: H.E. Mr. Svetoslav SPASSOV
Ambassador
Permanent Representative
Ms. Ekaterina TODOROVA
Head of Cooperation on Civil Law Matters Department
International Legal Cooperation and European Affairs Directorate
Ministry of Justice
Ms. Mitka ZAHARLIEVA
Counsellor
Permanent Representation to the EU
Brussels
Ms. Anna POPOVA
First Secretary
Permanent Mission
BURUNDI
CAMEROON
Représentant: M. Gaston KENFACK DOUAJNI Directeur de la Législation Ministère de la Justice
CANADA
Representative: Ms. Manon DOSTIE
Senior Counsel
Department of Justice Advisers: Mr. Pierre D. GRENIER
Partner
Dentons Canada LLP
Mr. Allan J. STITT
President
ADR Chambers
CHILE
Representantes: S.E. Sr. Armin ANDEREYA
Embajador
Representante Permanente
Sra. Ximena VERDUGO
Consejera
Misión Permanente
Sra. Tania PIEROTIC MENDIA
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
CHINA
Representatives: Mr. Xiantao WEN
Director
Ministry of Commerce
Ms. Ping AN
Officer
CIETAC
COLOMBIA
Representantes: S.E. Sr. Jaime Alberto CABAL SANCLEMENTE
Embajador
Representante Permanente
Sr. Alejandro MARQUEZ GARCÍA
Segundo Secretario
Representante Alterno CÔTE D’IVOIRE
Représentants: Mme Sommla Lydie Clémence KONAN
Directrice des Affaires Juridiques et du Contentieux
Ministère du Commerce de l’Artisanat et de la Promotion des PME M. Kouadio N’Doly Alexis ABOYA
Conseiller
Mission Permanente
Mme Aya Georgette M’BRAH
Chargée D’Affaires
Mission Permanente
CZECH REPUBLIC
Representative: Mr. Ladislav HANULIAK
Legal Expert
Ministry of Industry and Trade Members: Ms. Lenka FIALOVÁ
Legal Expert
Ministry of Justice
Mr. Ivan PINTÉR
Counsellor
Permanent Mission
Ms. Aneta CAKARSKÁ
Intern
Permanent Mission
DENMARK
Representative: Mr. Johan TUFTE-KRISTENSEN University of Copenhagen
Faculty of Law
ECUADOR
Representantes: Sra. Veronica GOMEZ RICAURTE Encargada de Negocios a.i.
Misión Permanente
Sr. Javier MENDOZA RODRÍGUEZ Primer Secretario
Representante Permanente Alterno EL SALVADOR
Representantes: S.E Sra. Lucia Rosella BADÍA Embajadora
Representante Permanente Misión Permanente
Sra. Astrid Elisa PORTILLO RODRÍGUEZ Consejera
Misión Permanente FRANCE
Représentant: S.E. M. Jean-Louis FALCONI Ambassadeur
Représentant Permanent Représentant
suppléant: M. Jean-Michel JACQUET Professeur honoraire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement Université de Genève
Conseillers: M. Stéphane PAILLER
Représentant Permanent Adjoint Mission Permanente
M. Léo LAPORTE Premier Secrétaire Mission Permanente GERMANY
Representative: Ms. Nicola WENZEL
Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
GREECE
HONDURAS
HUNGARY
Representatives: Ms. Andrea NEMES First Secretary Permanent Mission Ms. Renáta HRECSKA Desk Officer for Legal Affairs Ministry of Justice
H.E. Mr. Károly DÁN Ambassador
Permanent Representative Permanent Mission
Mr. Zoltan NEMESSANYI Deputy State Secretary
International Legal Cooperation Ministry of Justice
INDIA
Representatives: Ms. K.C SOWMYA Legal Officer
Ministry of External Affairs Ms. Arti CHOPRA
Assistant Legal Adviser Government of India Mr. Brijesh KUMAR Second Secretary Permanent Mission INDONESIA
Representatives: H.E. Mr. Darmansjah DJUMALA Ambassador
Permanent Representative Permanent Mission Ms. Palupi S. MUSTAJAB Minister Counsellor Permanent Mission Ms. Shanti DAMAYANTI First Secretary
Permanent Mission IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) Representatives: H.E. Mr. Reza NAJAFI
Ambassador
Permanent Representative Mr. Abbas AHMADI First Counsellor
Alternate Permanent Representative Permanent Mission
Mr. Seyed Mohammad Hadi GHADERI Officer
Difision for Claims and Private International Law Ministry of Foreigh Affairs
ISRAEL
Representatives: Mr. Itai APTER
Director, International Civil Affairs
Office of the Deputy Attorney General, Ministry of Justice Ms. Silvia BERLADSKI-BARUCH
Deputy Permanent Representative Permanent Mission
Mr. Yonatan YAKIR Political Advisor Permanent Mission ITALY
Representatives: Mr. Gianluca FORLANI Expert
Ministry of Justice
Mr. Luigi RIPAMONTI First Secretary
Permanent Mission Mr. Stefano AZZALI Expert
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Milan Chamber of Arbitration
Mr. Alberto MAZZONI Expert
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation JAPAN
Representative: Ms. Hitomi YAMANAKA
Attorney of the International Legal Affairs Division International Legal Affairs Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs KENYA
KUWAIT
Representatives: H.E. Mr. Sadiq MARAFI Ambassador
Permanent Representative Permanent Mission Mr. Abdallah AL-OBAIDI Deputy Permanent Representative Permanent Mission
Mr. Nawaf AL-RUJAIB Second Secretary Permanent Mission Mr. Ali ALWAZAN Third Secretary Permanent Mission Ms. Haya ALMANSOUR Permanent Mission LEBANON
LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA
MALAYSIA
Representative: Ms. Noordini Mohd AZAHAR Federal Counsel
International Affairs Division Attorney General’s Chambers Alternate
Representatives: Ms. Sharon HO Minister
Alternate Permanent Representative Permanent Mission
Mr. Mohd Firdaus AZMAN First Secretary
Alternate Permanent Representative Permanent Mission
MAURITANIA MAURITIUS
MEXICO
Representantes: S.E. Sra. Alicia BUENROSTRO MASSIEU Embajadora
Representante Permanente
Sr. Gonzalo CERVERA MARTÍNEZ Segundo Secretario
Misión Permanente
Sr. Luis Enrique GRAHAM TAPIA Asesor Externo
Consultoría Jurídica
Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores NAMIBIA
NIGERIA PAKISTAN
PANAMA
Representantes: S.E. Sra. Paulina FRANCESCHI NAVARRO Embajadora
Representante Permanente Sr. Giancarlo SOLER TORRIJOS Representante Permanente Adjunto Misión Permanente
Sra. Luis Eduardo Pabón CHEVALIER Agregado
Misión Permanente PHILIPPINES
Representatives: H.E. Ms. Maria Zeneida Angara COLLINSON Ambassador
Permanent Representative Permanent Mission
Mr. Manuel A.J. TEEHANKEE Undersecretary
Department of Foreign Affairs Members: Ms. Maria Cleofe R. NATIVIDAD
Assistant Secretary Office of European Affairs Department of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Rosario Elena A. LABORTE-CUEVAS Senior State Counsel
Department of Justice
Ms. Ma. Pamelyn A. OMALIN State Counsel IV
Department of Justice Mr. Paul SARET Office of Legal Affairs department of Foreign Affairs Mr. Anthony AGUIRRE Office of the Undersecretary International Economic Relations Department of Foreign Affairs Ms. Azela ARUMPAC-MARTE Second Secretary
Alternate Representative Permanent Mission POLAND
Representative: Mr. Ludwik JUREK Counsellor
General Counsel to the Treasury REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Representatives: Mr. Tae Ho CHOI Counsellor
Permanent Mission Mr. Joo Yeon JO Prosecutor
Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office Members: Ms. Song Joo LEE
First Secretary Permanent Mission Ms. Si Jeon LEE Public Prosecutor Office of Legal Counsel Ministry of Justice Ms. Jiun KIM Public Prosecutor
International Legal Affairs Division Ministry of Justice
Mr. Seunghwan KO Judge
Seoul Central District Court Adviser: Mr. Jaemin LEE
Professor
Seoul National University School of Law
ROMANIA
Representative: Ms. Lorena FERUTA First Secretary Permanent Mission
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Representatives: Mr. Roman V. KURASHOV Head of Division
Legal Department
Ministry of Economic Development Ms. Alexandra V. USACHEVA Deputy Head
Department of Economic Law Ministry of Justice
Ms. Elena V. SHVETS Counsellor
Legal Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Advisers: Ms. Natalia GAIDAENKO SCHAER Associate Professor
Russian Foreign Trade Academy Ministry of Economic Development Mr. Ivan S. ZYKIN
Deputy Chair
International Commercial Arbitration Court Chamber of Commerce and Industry SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
Representatives: Ms. Sharon Su Min ONG
Director Policy Advisory Division Ministry of Law
Ms. Natalie Y. MORRIS-SHARMA Director
International legal Division Ministry of Law
Mr. Teong Jin George LIM Chairman
Singapore International Mediation Centre SPAIN
Representantes: H.E. Sr. Gonzalo DE SALAZAR Embajador Representante Permanente Misión Permanente
Sr. Carlos Aurelio ESPLUGUES MOTA Catedratico de Derecho Internacional Privado Universidad de Valencia
Sr. D. Carlos ARAGÓN DIL DE LA SERNA Representante Permanente Adjunto
Sra. Laura FERNANDEZ ABAD Consejera
Misión Permanente
Sra. Sofia BARCOS ROMERA Asesora Técnica
Misión Permanente
Sra. Maria Teresa YAGÜE MARTIN Asesora Técnica
Misión Permanente
Sra. Júlia RIPOLL VALLCORBA SRI LANKA
SWITZERLAND
Representative: M. Michael SCHNEIDER Lalive Avocats
Genève THAILAND
Representatives: Mr. Supajee RUNGROJ
Judge, Office of the President of the Supreme Court Office of Arbitration, Office of the Judiciary Ms. Patcharang CHAIWORAMUKKUL Provincial Public Prosecutor
Office of the Attorney General Mr. Pasit ASAWAWATTANAPORN Managing Director
Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC) Mr. Anukul THONGRAYA
Krisdika Counsel
Office of the Council of State TURKEY
Representatives: Mr. Ergun OZSUNAY Professor of Law Legal Counsellor
Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Mr. Buse NISEOGLU
Lawyer
Istanbul Chamber of Commerce UGANDA
Representatives: Mr. Eugene Pacelli OKELLO Senior Legal Officer
Uganda Law Reform Commission Ms. Vanessa IHUNDE
Ministry of Finance Planning and Development Mr. Daniel MBABAZIZE Ministry of Finance Planning and Development Mr. Phillip ALIKER
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND Representatives: Mr. Eral KNIGHT
Head of European Civil and Private International Law Team Ministry of Justice
Mr. Nic TURNER
Head of European Civil and Private International Law Team Ministry of Justice
Mr. Ian TENNANT Senior Political Attaché Permanent Mission Mr. Ian FREEMAN Political Attaché Permanent Mission UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Representatives: Mr. Timothy SCHNABEL Attorney-Adviser
Office of Private International Law Office of the Legal Adviser Department of State Mr. James CASTELLO Partner
King and Spalding Paris, France
VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF)
Representantes: S.E. Sr. Jesse Alonso CHACON ESCAMILLO Embajador
Representante Permanente Misión Permanente Sr. Enry DURÁN
Asesor al Representante Permanente Misión Permanente
Sra. Antonella PÉREZ Asistente
Misión Permanente ZAMBIA
B. Observer States
BELGIUM
Représentant: M. Benoit KOHL Professeur
Université de Liège, Faculté de Droit M. Kris LAPIERE
Premier Secrétaire Mission Permanente
M. Jean-Christophe BOULET Conseiller
Service public fédéral Justice
Direction générale de la Législation et Libertés et Droits fondamentaux Service du Droit patrimonial et de la Procédure civile
BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
Representantes: S.E. Sr. Victor A. VELTZE MICHEL Embajador
Representante Permanente
Sra. Elizabeth Ana FERREL ALVAREZ Representante Alterno
Misión Permanente BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Representative: Ms. Ljubica PETRICEVIC Head of Legal Department Foreign Trade Chamber CROATIA
Representative: Mr. Hrvoje SIKIRIC Professor
Faculty of Law University of Zagreb CYPRUS
Representatives: H.E. Mr. Marios IERONYMIDES Ambassador
Permanent Representative Mr. Iacovos GEORGIOU Deputy Head of Mission Permanent Mission
Mr. Christos MAKRIYIANNIS Second Secretary
Permanent Mission
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Représentants: M. A. Guillaume MUBENGA TSHIMPANGA
Secrétaire Permanent de la Cellule des Projets et des Marchés Publics Ministère du Budget
M. Dadou ELONGO BANTU ZOLE
Conseiller chargé des relations avec les Institutions
et suivi des contributions aux Organisations internationales Ministère du Budget
M. Patrice TSHEKOYA LOPAPA Conseiller Juridique
Ministère du Budget
M. Balthazar MUBA WA MWEPU Conseiller Financier
Ministère du Budget DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Representante: S.E. Sra. Lourdes Gisela VISTORIA-KRUSE Embajadora
Representante Permanente
S.E. Sra. Roxanna DE LOS SANTOS DE PIANTINI Embajadora
Representante Permanente Alterna Sra. Martina SALLEMI
Pasante
ESTONIA
Representatives: Ms. Liisi SEENE Director
IT and Data Protection Division Ministry of Justice
Ms. Maarja TORGA Chair
Working Party on Civil Law Matters of the Council of the European Union FINLAND
Representative: Mr. Gustaf MÖLLER Judge
Krogerus Attorneys Ltd.
LUXEMBOURG
Représentant: M. Robert STEINMETZ Conseiller
Représentant permanent Mission permanente MALTA
Representative: Mr. Joseph DEBONO Adviser
Permanent Mission MOROCCO
Représentant: M. Mohamed KASRI
Directeur de d’Agence Judiciaire NETHERLANDS
Representatives: Mr. Wietze SIJTSMA First Secretary Permanent Mission Mr. Henk J. SNIJDERS
Honorary Professor of Civil Law and Civil Procedure Leiden Law School
Leiden University Member: Mr. Martijn WERKER
Intern
Permanent Mission NORWAY
Representative: Ms. Giuditta CORDERO MOSS Professor
Department of Private Law University of Oslo
PARAGUAY
Representantes: Sr. José Raúl TORRES KIRMSER Ministro
Corte Suprema de Justicia
Sra. Alicia Maria GAUTO VAZQUEZ Segunda Secretaria
Misión Permanente
Sra. Valeria TORRES ESPINOLA Asistente
Misión Permanente Sr. José Miguel TORRES Asesor de Gabinete
Ministro de la Corte Suprema de Justicia QATAR
Representative: Mr. Kalifa Fahad AL-THANI Third Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs SAUDI ARABIA
Representatives: Mr. Majed Abdulrahman ALRASHEED CEO
Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration Ms. Meerah ALKAABI
First Secretary Permanent Mission SLOVAKIA
Representatives: Mr. Ondrej GAVALEC
Alternate Permanent Representative Permanent Mission
Mr. Stefan MAJERNIK
Department of International Private and Procedural Law Ministry of Justice
Ms. Romana FRIDRIKOVÁ Intern
SOUTH AFRICA
Representatives: Ms. Tania STEENKAMP HEFER
Department of International Relations and Cooperation Mr. Michael MAFU
Department of Trade and Industry SWEDEN
Representative: Mr. Erik STERNER Legal Adviser
Division of Procedural Law and Courts Issues Ministry of Justice
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Representative: Mr. Abdul Kareem KHWANDA Alternate Permanent Representative First Secretary
Permanent Mission VIET NAM
Representatives: Mr. Hai Trieu LE Deputy Director General
Department of International Law and Treaty Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ms. Thi Hoang Anh NGUYEN Senior Judge
People’s Supreme Court
Ms. Thi Hong Quyen NGUYEN Legal Officer
Department of International Law and Treaties Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Trong Hai DO Arbitrator
Viet Nam Commercial and Industrial Centre C. Non-Member States and Entities
HOLY SEE
STATE OF PALESTINE D. European Union
EUROPEAN UNION (EU)
Representatives: Ms. Barbara MAKAL
Council of the European Union, General Secretariat
Directorate-General Justice and Home Affairs, Directorate Justice Mr. Norel ROSNER
Legislative Officer
Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers European Commission
E. International Organizations
2. Intergovernmental organizations
GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC)
Representatives: Mr. Majed Abdulrahman AL RASHEED Chairman
Saudi Arabia
Mr. Bader Sauoud AL BADER Deputy Chairman
Kuwait
Mr. Ahmed Najem ABDULLA ALNAJEM Secretary General
Bahrain
Mr. Anas ALTOURAH Secretary General Kuwait
3. Non-governmental organizations
AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION/INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION (AAA/ICDR)
Representative: Ms. India JOHNSON
ARAB ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION (AAIA) Representative: Mr. Najib HAGE-CHAHINE
Professor
Faculty of Law and Political Sciences Saint-Joseph University
ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF ARBITRATION IN AFRICA (APAA) Representative: Mme. Sylvie Ivone BEBOHI EBONGO
Research Officer
BEIJING ARBITRATION COMMISSION / BEIJING INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTER (BAC/BIAC)
Representatives: Mr. Qiuju JIANG Division Chief Ms. Gefei JI Professor
China University of Political Science and Law Mr. Wei SUN
Partner
Zhong Lun Law Firm Beijing
Mr. Jie XU
Senior Brand Manager Ms. Ruihua WANG
Senior Knowledge Manager
BELGIAN CENTRE FOR ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION (CEPANI) Representatives: Mr. Dirk DE MEULEMEESTER
President
Ms. Emma VAN CAMPENHOUDT Mr. Maxime BERLINGIN
Ms. Sophie GOLDMAN Mr. Sigrid VAN ROMPAEY
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES (CILS) Representative: Mr. Alan Michel PELIZER
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATORS (CIARB) Representative: Mr. Ijeoma ONONOGBU
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ARBITRATION COUNCIL (CIAC) Representative: Mr. Uddesh Kumar KOHLI
FORUM FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION (FICA) Representatives: Ms. Carol LUDINGTON
Mr. Alan ANDERSON Mr. Herman VERBIST
HONG KONG MEDIATION CENTRE (HKMC) Representatives: Ms. Amy WONG YAN
Secretary General
Mr. Francis LAW WAI HUNG President
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDIATORS (IAM) Representative: Mr. Michel KALLIPETIS
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION (ICCA) Representative: Ms. Lisa BINGHAM
Deputy Executive Director INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION (ILA) Representative: Ms. Catherine KESSEDJIAN
President of the ILA French Branch
Chair of the former ILA International Committee on International Civil Litigation and the Interests of the Public
INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION INSTITUTE (IMI) Representative: Mr. Michael McILWRATH
KOREAN COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION BOARD (KCAB) Representative: Mr. Eunsung BAEK
Deputy Manager
LAW ASSOCIATION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (LAWASIA) Representatives: Ms. Delcy LAGONES DE ANGLIM
Ms. Joanne Susan EWEN Ms. Harjit SINGH Ms. Marina KOFMAN
MADRID COURT OF ARBITRATION (CÁMARA) Representative: Mr. Antonio MONTEJO STUYCK
Counsel
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION SOCIETY (MIAS) Representatives: Mr. Manuel GOMEZ
Professor
Florida International University College of Law
Ms. Judith FREEDBERG Mr. Diego Brian GOSIS MOOT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (MAA) Representative: Ms. Diane CHAPMAN
Secretary
RUSSIAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION (RAA) Representatives: Mr. Roman ZYKOV
Secretary General Ms. Lilia KLOCHENKO Member of the RAA Board Mr. Alexander KHRAPOUTSKI Member of the RAA Board Mr. Dimitry LYSENKO
Member of the RAA Audit Committee Ms. Olga BOLTENKO
Member of the RAA
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION INSTITUTE (SIMI) Representative: Ms. Irena VANENKOVA
SWISS ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION (ASA) Representative: Ms. Rabab YASSEEN
VIENNA INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRE (VIAC) Representative: Ms. Alice FREMUTH-WOLF
Deputy Secretary General SECRETARIAT
Mr. Renaud SORIEUL, The Secretary, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, Director, International Trade Law Division, Office of Legal Affairs
Ms. Jenny CLIFT, Principal Legal Officer, International Trade Law Division, Office of Legal Affairs
Ms. Corinne MONTINERI, Secretary, Working Group II (Dispute Settlement), Legal Officer, International Trade Law Division, Office of Legal Affairs
Mr. Jae Sung LEE, Legal Officer, International Trade Law Division, Office of Legal Affairs Ms. Judith KNIEPER, Legal Officer, International Trade Law Division, Office of Legal Affairs
