Rapporteur: Mr. E. E. E.Mtango (United Republic ofTanzania) D.Agenda 9.Theagendaofthesession, asadopted bytheCommission atits305thmeeting on3June1985,wasasfollows: 1.Opening ofthesession. 2.Election ofofficers. -3-3.Adoption oftheagenda. 4.International commercial arbitration. 5.International payments. 6.Newinternational economic order: industrial contracts. 7.Operators oftransport terminals. 8.Co-ordination ofwork. 9.Statusofconventions. 10.Dissemination ofdecisions concerning UNCITRAL legaltextsanduniform interpretation ofsuchtexts. 11.Training andassistance. 12.General Assembly resolution ontheworkoftheCommission. 13.Future work. 14.Otherbusiness. 15.Adoption ofthereportoftheCommission. E.Adoption ofthereport 10.TheCommission adopted thepresent reportatits333rdand334thmeetings, on 21June1985,byconsensus. -4-CHAPTER 11 INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION Draftmodel law on international commercial arbitration y A.Introduction 11.TheCOmmission, atitsfourteenth session, decided toentrust theWorking Group on International Contract Practices withthetaskofpreparing adraftmodel lawoninternational commercial arbitration. 4/Theworking Groupcarried outits taskatitsthird,fourth,fifth,sixthands;venth sessions •.ifTheWorking Group completed itswork by adopting thedrafttextofa model law on international commercial arbitrationatthecloseoftheseventh session, §.!after adrafting grouphadestablished corresponding language versions inthesixlanguages ofthe Commission. 12.TheCOmmission, atitsseventeenth session, requested theSecretary-General to transmit thedrafttexttoallGovernments andinterested international organizations fortheircomments andrequested theSecretariat toprepare an analytical compilation ofthecomments received. TheCommission alsorequested the Secretariat tosubmittotheeighteenth session oftheCommission acommentary on thedrafttext.2/ 13.Atitscurrent session, theCommission hadbeforeitareportofthe Secretary-General containing ananalytical compilation ofcomments byGovernments andinternational organizations onthedrafttextofa model law on international commercial arbitration (A/CN.9/263 andAdd.land2),and areportofthe Secretary-General containing ananalytical commentary onthedrafttext (A/CN.9/264). B.General observations onthedrafttextofa model law oninternational commercial arbitration 14.The COmmission reaffirmed itsappreciation totheWorking Groupon International Contract Practices forhavingelaborated thedrafttextofamodel law oninternational commercial arbitration whichwasingeneral favourably received andregarded asanexcellent basisforthedeliberations oftheCommission. 15.Itwasstatedthattheparamount consideration inreviewing andrevising the drafttextshould betheefficient functioning ofinternational commercial arbitration. Tothatend,dueaccount mustbetakenoftheneedsofthosewhoin day-to-day practice wouldusethetextandwhomitwasultimately intended toserve. 16.Asregards thefutureformofthetexttobeadopted, theCOmmission decided tomaintain theworking assumption oftheWorking Groupaccordil'l9 towhichthetext wouldbeadopted andrecommended intheformofa model law andnotinthatofa convention, subject topossible reviewofthatdecision attheendofits deliberations onthesubstance ofthedrafttext. -5-C.Discussion onindividual articles ofthedrafttext CHAPTER I.GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1.Scopeofapplication* 17.Thetextofarticle 1asconsidered bytheCOmmission was asfollows: "(1)ThisLawapplies tointernational commercial** arbitration, subject to anymultilateral orbilateral agreement whichhaseffectinthisState. "(2)Anarbitration isinternational if: "(a)theparties toanarbitration agreement have,atthetimeofthe conclusion ofthatagreement, theirplacesofbusiness indifferent States; or "(b)oneofthefollowing placesissituated outside theStateinwhich theparties havetheirplacesofbusiness: "(i)theplaceofarbitration ifdetermined in,orpursuant to,the arbitration agreement, "(ii)anyplacewhereasubstantial partoftheobligations ofthe commercial relationship istobeperformed ortheplacewithwhich
**Analysis**
This text appears to be related to the development of international laws and regulations governing international commercial arbitration, which is a crucial aspect of international trade and commerce. The text discusses the adoption of a draft model law on international commercial arbitration and the comments received from governments and international organizations. This suggests that the category should be related to international trade and commerce.

**Category**
International trade