The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not recognize a formal writing requirement similar to the UCC statute of frauds requirement.

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The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) does not require a formal writing to enforce a sale of goods contract, unlike the UCC statute of frauds which requires certain contracts to be in writing to be enforceable. However, Article 11 of the CISG does require that the offer and acceptance be sufficiently definite to establish a contract, and that can depend on the circumstances of each case.