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On 14 April 1987, the Arab Ministers of
Justice agreed on the Amman Convention
for the Arab Commercial Arbitration
where delegates of thirteen Arab States
including Jordan signed the Convention.
According to Article 39 of the
Convention, it becomes operative upon
its ratification or accession to it by
at least seven States. Since eight
States, namely Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon,
Libya, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia and
Yemen have become parties to the
Convention up to 25 June 1992, the
Convention went into effect on that
date. Until 25 June 1998, however, no
other State ratified or acceded to the
Convention.
Amongst the most important provisions of
the Convention is the establishment of
the Arab Centre for Commercial
Arbitration (with headquarters in Rabat,
Morocco), for the settlement of
commercial disputes particularly between
Arab entities. In reality, the
Convention has not yet become operative
and this leads to the fact that Centre
has not been established yet. Therefore,
no commercial dispute has been settled
or even referred to arbitration under
the Convention though about six years
have passed since the Convention became
operative (in theory). On our part, we
appeal to the Arab Governments,
including the Jordanian Government, to
take practical and serious steps for
bringing the serious steps for bringing
the.
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