UNCITRAL is the core legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law. It specialises in the modernisation and harmonisation of rules on international business, formulating modern, fair, and harmonised rules on commercial transactions to facilitate global trade.
The organisation operates globally with a workforce distributed across 25 countries. Its work is central to international trade finance and payments, as it develops legal texts and standards that provide certainty and consistency for commercial transactions worldwide.
