The Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) has adopted the new UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 2010 (for further background information, see Legal update, UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 2010: key changes). The UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 1976 have previously been adopted by numerous arbitral institutions but KLRCA is the first centre to adopt the revised rules. The KLRCA was established in 1978 under the auspices of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO), an inter-governmental organisation comprising 47 governments of the Asian and African region, in co-operation with the government of Malaysia.

Source: United Nations Information Service.