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 Syria Arbitration

Syria is a Contracting State to the ICSID Convention:

• Signature: 25 May 2005
• Deposit of Ratification: 25 January 2006
• Entry into Force: 24 February 2006
• Pursuant to Article 13(1) of the ICSID Convention Syria has made the following panel designations effective until 8 April 2016:
  - Judge Mohammed AL-GHAFARI: Deputy Chief of the Supreme Court
  - Judge Humoud ALTABBAN: Head of the Civil Court of Appeals, Der Alzour
  - Dr. Riad DAOUDI: Attorney-at-Law
  - Dr. Fouad Raji DIB: Attorney-at-Law, Professor of Law, Damascus University

Syria is a Contracting State to the New York Convention:

• Date of Accession: 9 March 1959
• Entry into Force: 7 June 1959

Syria is not a Contracting State to the 1899 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes:

• Entry into Force: N/A

Syria is not a Contracting State to the 1907 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes:

• Entry into Force: N/A

Syria is a United Nations Member State:

• Date of Admission: 24 October 1945

Official State Name: Syrian Arab Republic - Al-Jumhūriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah - الجمهورية العربية السورية

Official Language: Arabic

Capital: Damascus

Largest City: Aleppo

Currency: Syrian pound (SYP)

Time Zone: EET (UTC+2)

International Calling Code: +963

Internet TLD: .sy, سوريا.

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