The session was also attended by observers from the following national or international organizations: (a) organizations of the United Nations system: International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank; (b) intergovernmental organizations: Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT); (c) non-governmental organizations invited by the Commission: American Bar Association (ABA), American Bar Foundation (ABF), Center for International Legal Studies, Center of Legal Competence (CLC), Commercial Finance Association (CFA), Europafactoring, International Bar Association, Committee J (IBA), International Federation of Insolvency Professionals (INSOL), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Max-Planck-Institute, Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA), The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE).
Ont en outre assisté à la session des observateurs des organisations nationales ou internationales suivantes: a) organisations du système des Nations Unies: Banque mondiale; Fond monétaire international (FMI); b) organisations intergouvernementales: Institut international pour l'unification du droit privé (Unidroit), Marché commun de l'Afrique de l'Est et de l'Afrique australe (COMESA), Organisation juridique consultative pour les pays d'Asie et d'Afrique (AALCO); c) organisations non gouvernementales invitées par la Commission: American Bar Association (ABA), American Bar Foundation (ABF), Association internationale du barreau (Comité J), Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Center for International Legal Studies, Center of Legal Competence (CLC), Chambre de commerce internationale (CCI), Commercial Finance Association (CFA), Fédération européenne des associations des sociétés d'affacturage (EUROPAFACTORING), Fédération internationale des professionnels de l'insolvabilité (INSOL), Institut Max Planck, Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA) et Union des confédérations de l'industrie et des employeurs d'Europe (UNICE).