Frutos-Peterson, Claudia; Umerov, Marat --- "General Functions of the Secretariat" [2019] ELECD 3032; in Fouret, Julien; Gerbay, Remy; Alvarez, M. Gloria (eds), "The ICSID Convention, Regulations and Rules" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 941

Book Title: The ICSID Convention, Regulations and Rules

Editor(s): Fouret, Julien; Gerbay, Rémy; Alvarez, M. Gloria

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 15

Section Title: General Functions of the Secretariat

Author(s): Frutos-Peterson, Claudia; Umerov, Marat

Number of pages: 6

Extract:

15
GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF THE
SECRETARIAT
Claudia Frutos-Peterson and Marat Umerov1



The Secretariat is in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Institution. This fourth 15.01
chapter addresses the main general functions of the Secretariat which include the
maintenance of the list of the Contracting States, the establishment of the Panels of
Conciliators and Arbitrators, as well as the required publications under the ICSID
Convention.




REGULATION 20 ­ LIST OF CONTRACTING STATES

The Secretary-General shall maintain a list, which he shall transmit from time to
time to all Contracting States and on request to any State or person, of the Con-
tracting States (including former Contracting States, showing the date on which
their notice of denunciation was received by the depositary), indicating for each:

(a) the date on which the Convention entered into force with respect to it;
(b) any territories excluded pursuant to Article 70 of the Convention and the dates
on which the notice of exclusion and any modification of such notice were re-
ceived by the depositary;
(c) any designation, pursuant to Article 25(1) of the Convention, of constituent
subdivisions or agencies to whose investment disputes the jurisdiction of the
Centre extends;
(d) any notification, pursuant to Article 25(3) of the Convention, that no approval
by the State is required for the consent by a constituent subdivision or agency to
the jurisdiction of the Centre;




1 The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are exclusively the authors' and do not ...