Hong Kong (AP) – Dozens of countries joined China on Friday to establish an international group of dispute resolution based on mediation.
Representatives of more than 30 other countries, Pakistan and Indonesia in Bélarus and Cuba signed the Convention on the Creation of the International Organization for Mediation Hong Kong Become founding members of the World Organization, according to the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi.
The support of developing countries has reported an increasing influence of Beijing in the world in the middle of increased geopolitical tensions, partly exacerbated by The trade rates of US President Donald Trump.
During a ceremony, Wang said that China has long pleaded to manage differences with a spirit of mutual understanding and consensus construction through dialogue, while aiming to provide “Chinese wisdom” to resolve conflicts between nations.
“The creation of the International Organization for Mediation helps to go beyond the zero-sum mentality of” you lose and which I win, “he said.
The body, whose siege is in Hong Kong, aims to help promote the friendly resolution of international disputes and establish more harmonious global relations, he said.
Beijing presented the organization as the first intergovernmental legal organization in the world for the resolution of disputes by mediation, affirming that it will be an important mechanism in the safeguard of the principles of the United Nations Charter. He also positioned Hong Kong as an international center for legal services and dispute settlement in Asia.
Wang said the city’s rule of law is very elaborate, with the benefits of law systems from Common Law and the continent, saying that it has conditions uniquely for international mediation.
Hong Kong chief John Lee said the organization could start his work at the end of this year.
The ceremony brought together representatives of the fifty other countries and around twenty organizations, including the United Nations.
Yueming Yan, professor of law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said that the new organization is a mechanism complementary to existing institutions such as the International Court of Justice and the Permanent Arbitration in Hague.
“While the ICJ and the ACP focus on arbitration and arbitration, Iomed introduces a structured and institutionalized form of alternative disputes – namely mediation – on a global scale,” she said.
Although many details on the new body are not yet clarified, it could open the door to greater synergy between formal disputes or arbitration and more flexible methods such as mediation, she said.
Shahla Ali, professor of law at the University of Hong Kong, said that the international mediation organization would have the ability to mediate between states, between a state and a national of another state, or in international trade disputes.
“Conventions can offer opportunities to experiment with new approaches,” she said, noting the growing interest in mediation on a global scale as a means of resolving litigation in the state of investor.
