The Fourth International Conference of the Mediators of Asia-Pacific Region

Initiated by the mediators of the Association, The Fourth International Conference of Mediators of the Asia-Pacific Region was held for the first time in Russia.

It should be noted that the Conference was held in Vladivostok, Russia where various forums, conferences, international intergovernmental meetings are held annually. These meetings are aimed at developing and integrating political, economic, social and scientific cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.

It is of significance that the Conference was attended by representatives of the Russian state authorities and rule-making legal bodies (Talabayeva Lyudmila Zaumovna – Member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Berezhnaya Tatyana Aleksandrovna – Deputy Head of Vladivostok, Dorozhkina Violetta Aleksandrovna – Senior Assistant to the Prosecutor of Primorsky Krai, Khrushchev Igor Eduardovich – Director of the branch of Federal State Public Administration Institution «Directorate for Construction and Operation of Facilities of Rosgranitsa (Russian border)» in Vladivostok of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Melnikov Yuriy Borisovich – Commissioner for Human Rights in Primorsky Krai, Medvedeva Irina Petrovna – Commissioner under the Governor of Primorsky Krai for the rights of children of the apparatus under the Governor of Primorsky Krai, Elena Borisovna Romashko – Head of the Office of the Commissioner for Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs in Primorsky Krai, deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai, deputies of the Duma of Vladivostok, representatives of the Department for working with the municipal and educational institutions of the Vladivostok administration and representatives of other authorities) who support such events and lend a keen ear to the opinions of the Conference participants in their activities.

At the Conference, the head of the UNCITRAL Regional Center for Asia and the Pacific, Atita Komindr, as well as mediators from other Asia-Pacific countries, made a presentation on the Singapore Convention on Mediation.

As a result of the Conference, the participants agreed that mediators of the APR countries and international organizations will cooperate closely and actively take part in the assistance of the development of mediation in the APR countries, form and build a scientific base and training programs for international mediators and intermediaries, assist in resolving international and private disputes, share practical experience, hold more conferences of this kind in Russia.

The Association expresses special gratitude to all the participants and guests of the Conference for their productive work and specially to Talabaeva Lyudmila Zaumovna – a Member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Ugarov Aleksander Sergeevich – Acting Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Federal Institute of Mediation” of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, the Korean Community forResearch in Mediation (Republic of South Korea), the Association of Asian Mediators (Republic of South Korea) and FEFU Law School.

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