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Singapore to host over 50 countries at signing of namesake treaty

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Published Mon, Jul 29, 2019 · 09:50 PM

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    REPRESENTATIVES from more than 50 countries, including the US and China, will gather in Singapore on Aug 7 for the signing of an international treaty on mediation, adopted by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly and named after Singapore in December 2018.

    About 25 of the attending countries have indicated that they will be signing the UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, also known as the Singapore Convention on Mediation, said Minister for Law K Shanmugam at a Monday briefing.

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