As in previous years this Yearbook treats current developments in international commercial arbitration:recent changes in arbitration legislation newly enacted arbitration rules application of the UNCITRAL Model Law arbitral awards (ensured confidentiality) relevant court decisions of a general naturethe New York Arbitration Convention of 1958 in addition to the Washington and European Conventions The Yearbook, which is compiled with the assistance of a worldwide network of correspondents, contains in its 19th volume a broad selection of arbitral awards, including awards issued under the auspices of ICSID, ICC, and the Iran-US Claims Tribunal. A topic which has received special attention in this year's Yearbook is the issue of corruption or `facilitating payments'. This volume of the Yearbook also features a Consolidated Commentary on the 1958 New York Convention by Prof. Albert Jan van den Berg, reviewing the court decisions published in the Yearbook in the period
