Embassy staff meeting

24 October 2012, 09h00 - 13h00 USF Offices, avenue des Gaulois, 36 - 1040 Brussels We herewith invite you to attend / send a representative to a meeting to discuss the issues raised at the 3 April Committee meeting and EPSU actions concerning the violation of the rights of embassy personnel. An agenda and an area map are attached. A sandwich lunch will be provided. This meeting is co-organised by Peter Kempen of USF and Marieke Manschot of Abvakabo. Please inform Josianne Vanderleyden, USF josianne.vanderleyden@unionsyndicale.eu of your participation.
- A new Option for Embassies and their Locally Recruited Staff: The Arbitration Procedure to Resolve Disputes
Some thoughts in favour of a new Abvakabo / EPSU initiative
Internal discussion paper Abvakabo / EPSU / NGOs by Peter Kempen Sec.Gen.USF
- Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards
- UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW (UNCITRAL) - UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 31/98
- CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS

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