It’s a great privilege to be part of this important and timely conference, and I would like to extend my special gratitude to the UWED for inviting me to make a speech. I hope that the students will have much success in the moot court competition.
Over the years ADB has been investing a lot in various dispute resolution initiatives in our client countries that are critical in supporting key areas of development such as fostering, foreign direct investment, cross-border trade, private sector development, public-private partnership and expanding the digital economy as well as effective dispute resolution mechanism to help and attract international finance and investments, ultimately, to achieve the sustainable development goals.