Introduction

Well, we now begin the final session of today's admirable meeting, admirable both in organizational terms and in terms of quality of contributions. The heading is the pros and cons of an international appellate system. Our first speaker will be Bette Shifman who is the Deputy Secretary General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. She will be known to most of you as a most knowledgeable, efficient, courteous and committed executor of the administrative functions conferred upon that Court, and of more than the administrative functions because, certainly speaking for the ...