On 12 March 2024, UNIDROIT Deputy Secretary-General Anna Veneziano and Dean Amarsanaa Batbold of the School of Law, National University of Mongolia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further strengthen and expand existing exchanges and cooperation between the two institutions. The MoU aims to 
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On 28 February 2024, UNIDROIT received a delegation from the Shanghai International Arbitration Centre, led by Secretary-General Ms. Wang Weijun. UNIDROIT President Maria Chiara Malaguti, Secretary-General Ignacio Tirado, Deputy Secretary-General Anna Veneziano, Legal Officers Theodora Kostoula and Ian Li, received the delegation that accompanied Secretary-General 
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On 16 February 2024, UNIDROIT Deputy Secretary-General Anna Veneziano and AALCO Secretary-General Kamalinne Pinitpuvadol signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further strengthen existing exchanges and cooperation between the two institutions. The MoU aims to promote joint cooperation by, inter alia, participating in each other’s 
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Between 3 – 6 December 2023, UNIDROIT undertook a series of meetings and events in Beijing. It was the Institute’s first visit to the capital city of the People’s Republic of China since 2019. On Monday 4 December, UNIDROIT visited the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) 
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Between 27 and 28 November 2023, UNIDROIT undertook a series of meetings with government, institutional, academic and private sector stakeholders in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.   On Monday 27 November, UNIDROIT visited the Shanghai University of Political and Science Law (SHUPL). UNIDROIT Secretary-General 
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Between 29 November and 3 December 2023, UNIDROIT visited Wuhan in the People’s Republic of China to undertake a number of events, organised primarily in partnership with the Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (ZUEL).   On 29 November, UNIDROIT met with senior officials from 
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On 19 July, UNIDROIT entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Bari Aldo Moro to strengthen their cooperation in legal research and education. The MoU was signed by Secretary-General Professor Ignacio Tirado, on behalf of UNIDROIT, and by Professor Stefano Bronzini, Rector 
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On 2 July UNIDROIT entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Insolvency Law Academy (ILA) in India with a view to collaborate in areas of common interest. Apart from UNIDROIT’s project on Bank Insolvency, several UNIDROIT instruments contain provisions governing specific situations of insolvency, 
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On 7 July, UNIDROIT Secretary-General Professor Ignacio Tirado and the President of the World Union of Agricultural Law (UMAU), Professor Leonardo Pastorino, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Villa Aldobrandini, Rome. Consideration of UNIDROIT’s instruments and projects is essential in UMAU’s academic programmes in 
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On 28 June 2023, Professor Maria Chiara Malaguti, President of UNIDROIT, and H.E. Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo, Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Order of Malta, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Magistral Palace in Rome, Italy. The MoU establishes a framework for cooperation 
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