1. The Organization shall provide mediation services with respect to disputes arising out of or relating to international commercial relationships between private parties, subject to such conditions as may be adopted by the Governing Council.

2. Disputes arising out of transactions engaged in by one of the private parties for personal, family or household purposes shall be excluded from the scope of this Article.

3. For the purposes of this Convention, reference to private party includes individual, and entity constituted or organized under applicable law, whether or not for profit, whether privately owned or governmentally owned, such as corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture or other association and a branch of any such entity.