Washington – Moroccan lawyer Azzedine Kettani was appointed arbitrator in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the World Bank says.
According to the same source, Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank and Chairman of the Administrative Council of the ICSID appointed arbitrators and conciliators, including Kettani, as part of the “lists of conciliators and arbitrators of the ICSID, in accordance with the Center’s Convention that allows the President to appoint 10 arbitrators and 10 conciliators from different nationalities for each list.”
In addition to Kettani, the WB President also appointed Teresa Cheng (China), Eduardo Zuleta (Colombia), Lucy Reed (USA), Alain Pellet (France), Claus von Wobeser (Mexico), Tinuade Oyekunle (Nigeria), Donald M. McRae (New Zealand /Canada), Makhdoom Ali Khan (Pakistan), and Pierre Tercier (Switzerland).
ICSID is an autonomous international institution established under the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (the ICSID or the Washington Convention) with over one hundred and forty member States.
The Convention sought to remove major impediments to the free international flows of private investment posed by non-commercial risks and the absence of specialized international methods for investment dispute settlement.
ICSID was created by the Convention as an impartial international forum providing facilities for the resolution of legal disputes between eligible parties, through conciliation or arbitration procedures.
