An intragovernmental working group has been set up by the Ministry of Justice of Hungary to join the Cape Town Convention. The Ministry of Justice has now established an intra-governmental Working Party on the Cape Town Convention. Dr. Zoltán Nemessányi, Deputy State Secretary for Cooperation 
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The instrument of accession to the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention was deposited by South Africa with the Italian Government, Depositary of the Convention, on 9 January 2018 and the Convention will enter into force for South Africa on 1 July 2018.   Further details about the 
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On 17-20 December 2017, Ms Marina Schneider, UNIDROIT Senior Legal Officer, actively participated in the workshop “Countering illicit trafficking of cultural property” jointly organised by UNESCO and the Italian Carabinieri in Amman, Jordan.   On that occasion, Ms Schneider discussed the accession procedure to the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen 
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  Ms Marina Schneider, UNIDROIT Senior Legal Officer, took part in the UNESCO Workshop on the Fight against Illicit Traffic of Cultural Property (Convention of 1970), held at Cairo from 10 to 14 December 2017, for Egypt and Sudan. In her address, Ms Schneider considered the benefits for the Arab Region 
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UNIDROIT hosted a panel  presentation on  the  challenges  and  opportunities  of financing the space industry on 7 December 2017, featuring a keynote presentation of Tanja Masson- Zwaan (Professor, International Institute of air and space law at Leiden University). The presentation was introduced by Professor Sergio 
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  On 7 December 2017, the 76th session of the General Assembly of UNIDROIT was held at the seat of the Institute in Rome. The Ambassador of Indonesia was elected Chairperson of the General Assembly 2017-2018. The Assembly approved the Accounts of the 2016 financial year, adopted 
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On 29 November 2017, the Government of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire notified UNIDROIT of a subsequent declaration under Article XIX(1) of the Aircraft Protocol. This subsequent declaration will take effect on 1 June 2018.   Further details about the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft 
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The fifth session of the Preparatory Commission for the establishment of the International Registry for Space Assets was held in Rome on  6 December 2017. The Commission convened to discuss the progress in the selection of the Registrar, the appointment of a Supervisory Authority, as 
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On 30 November 2017, UNIDROIT received Mrs Pham Ho Huong (Deputy DG, Department of International Legislation), and Mrs Tran Thu Huong (Deputy DG, Department of International Cooperation) of the Ministry of Justice of Vietnam, to discuss issues pertaining to the perspective of Vietnam’s accession to 
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On 22 November, a Conference entitled “A Human Centred Business Model: global approach for a New Way of doing Business” was held in Paris, organised by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Conseil supérieur du Notariat, as well as their partners of the 
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