1. The Organization shall provide mediation services with respect to commercial or investment disputes between a Contracting State and a national of another State.

2. The Organization may also provide mediation services with respect to commercial or investment disputes involving a Non-Contracting State or an international organization if the parties wish to submit their dispute to the Organization, subject to such conditions as may be adopted by the Governing Council.

3. For the purposes of this Convention, reference to a State or an international organization includes a constituent subdivision or agency of the State, designated to the Organization by that State, or an agency of the international organization.

4. Consent by a constituent subdivision or agency of a Contracting State shall require the approval of that State unless that State notifies the Organization that no such approval is required.

5. For the purposes of this Convention, reference to a national means a natural person or a legal person.