As in previous years the Yearbook Commercial Arbitration 1994 treats current developments in international commercial arbitration - recent changes in arbitration legislation - newly enacted arbitration rules - applications of the UNCITRAL Model Law - arbitral awards (ensured confidentiality) - relevant court decisions of a general nature and - the 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-U.S. 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 1992-1994. Subscribers to the Yearbook receive this yearly up-date on developments and decisions in the sphere of commercial arbitration automatically.