On 28 September 2023, Legal Officer Priscila Andrade represented the UNIDROIT Secretariat at the “Global Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization” hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The event provided a neutral forum for FAO Members, farmers, academia, mechanization service 
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On 14 August 2023, the APEC Economic Committee held a Policy Dialogue on “Improving Access to Credit in the Asia Pacific through Asset-Based Finance – the Cape Town Convention and its Mining, Agricultural Construction (MAC) Protocol” in Seattle, the United States. Proposed by the United 
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On 4 July UNIDROIT Secretary-General Prof Ignacio Tirado and Deputy Secretary-General Prof Anna Veneziano participated in a roundtable discussion with senior public sector officials in India, organised by India’s Ministry of External Affairs in the context of India’s Presidency of the UNIDROIT General Assembly. The 
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On 3 July 2023, in the context of India’s Presidency of the UNIDROIT General Assembly, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs organised a seminar in New Delhi dedicated to the work of UNIDROIT. The seminar was opened by Ms Uma Sekhar, Additional Secretary at the 
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On 22 February 2023, UNIDROIT received a delegation from the Mozambique National Commission for Land Policy Reform (Ministry of Land and Environment). The delegation composed of Mr João Carrilho, Prof. Eduardo Chiziane and Dr. Jorge Chicue was welcomed by UNIDROIT’s Secretary-General Prof. Ignacio Tirado and 
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On Wednesday 18 January, UNIDROIT presented the Mining, Agricultural and Construction (MAC) Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town Convention) to the Committee for European Construction Equipment (CECE) General Assembly at its 2023 Congress in Chamonix, France. Senior Legal Officer 
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On 14 December 2022, UNIDROIT participated remotely in a workshop on International Best Practice on Security Interest Registration. Organised as a joint initiative between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and supported by the Swiss Cooperation 
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On 16 November 2022, a UNIDROIT delegation visited the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Headquarters in Manila and participated in a hybrid session on international private law developments relating to private sector development, trade and sustainable development. The panel featured ADB General Counsel Thomas Clark (Chair), 
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On 11 November 2022, UNIDROIT Secretary-General Ignacio Tirado delivered the keynote speech on “Rule of Law and Sustainable Development” for the Rule of Law Congress in Hong Kong, China. Organised by the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, the Rule 
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On 20th September 2022, the European Union, which is already a Party to the Cape Town Convention, the Aircraft Protocol and the Luxembourg Rail Protocol, became Signatory of the MAC Protocol, which was adopted in November 2019 at a diplomatic Conference held in Pretoria.   
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