On 8 May 2013, Judge Dr. Borhan Amrallah, Secretary-General, Arab Union of International Arbitration (AUIA); Former President of the Cairo Court of Appeal, delivered a speech on “The Enforcement of Foreign and Domestic Arbitral Awards”. The speech focused on the conflict of laws governing the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Egypt and the position of the Cairo Court of Appeal as well as the Egyptian Court of Cassation in light of the New York Convention for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.