United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts
The Electronic Communications Convention aims at facilitating the use of electronic communications in international trade by assuring that the contracts concluded, and other communications exchanged electronically are as valid and enforceable as their traditional paper-based equivalents.
The Electronic Communications Convention builds upon earlier instruments drafted by the Commission, and, in particular, the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce and the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures. These instruments are widely considered standard legislative texts setting forth the three fundamental principles of electronic commerce legislation, which the Convention incorporates, namely non-discrimination, technological neutrality and functional equivalence.
Text and more information available at: https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=X-18&chapter=10&clang=_en