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On 7 August 2019, 46 States signed the Singapore Convention on Mediation. Since then, more States have come on board. Singapore, Fiji, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Ecuador, Honduras, Turkey, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uruguay, and Japan have deposited their respective instruments of ratification, approval or accession. The Convention entered into force on 12 September 2020.

This is a significant milestone. With the coming into force of the Convention, businesses will have greater assurance that mediation can be relied on to settle cross-border commercial disputes, which will facilitate the growth of international commerce and promote the use of mediation around the world.

The celebration, held on 12 September 2020, was jointly organised by the Singapore Ministry of Law and UNCITRAL to commemorate the entry into force of the Convention.