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▪ Working Groups [Discussion
Forum]
Having selected consumer protection and electronic
registries as the topics for CIDIP-VII, Member States then
designated Official Governmental Experts to participate in
the preparatory work for drafting international instruments
on these topics adopted by CIDIP-VII.
Experts designated by their respective countries have the
authority to participate and negotiate draft texts pursuant
to their government’s substantive and political directions.
Each Member State was requested to designate at least one
Government Expert for each CIDIP-VII topic. These experts
should have substantive experience working with the selected
topics and preferably have governmental authority for
negotiating and implementing a draft convention or other
instrument on the subject.
Member States were encouraged to designate private law
experts, as well as officials from the domestic
agencies/offices with governmental authority over the
selected subjects -- officials from local consumer
protection agencies and officials from local commercial
registries.
In addition to governmental experts, the General Assembly
also requested the Inter-American Juridical Committee to
contribute to the preparatory work for CIDIP-VII and request
the General Secretariat to explore means of collaboration
with international organizations with expertise on the
topics. This includes the Hague Conference on Private
International Law, the United Nations Commission on
International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International
Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), and
the Inter-American Development Bank, among others, involved
in the process of drafting and promoting international
instruments compatible with those developed in the CIDIP
process.
The Groups of Experts, which can be conformed of both
governmental and non-governmental experts, will conduct
preparatory work in close consultation with one another, as
well as independent experts, international organizations,
and representatives from the member state through the
discussion forum and will meet in preparatory meetings if
necessary.
Work Methodology:
CP/CAJP-2309/05
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