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articipant

Jnited Kingdom

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Foreign arbitral awards

tortal Application (contid)

Jate of “acelat of

the notification:

24 Sep 1975

21 Jan 1977

22 Feb 1979

14 Nov 1979

26 Nou 1980

19 Aor 1985

United States of America

3 Nov 1970

Declarations and Reservations масе on

(The Convention will apply!

Territories:

Gibraltaril

Hong Xong!!

Isle of Manll

Bermuda

Belize, Cayman Islands

Guernsey

All the territortas

for

the International rela-

is

tions of which the United States of America

responsible

notification of Territorial Application

UNITED KINGDOM

Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Guernsey

accordance with article I. paragraph 3 thereof, only to the recognition and enforcement or awards made In the territory of another Contracting State."

VOTES:

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Of the Economic ano So- Session Supplement

Official Records al Council Twenty-rirst

5.

2/

(E/2889),

With a declaration that the Convention will also apply to Land Berlin as from the day on 2020h it enters Into Force for the Federal Republic of Germany.

With reference to the above-mentioned statement, communications have been received From the Covernments of Albania, Bulgaria, the Byelorussian SSR. Cuba, Czechoslovakia, the Federal Republic OF Germany. france. the United Kingdom and the United States of America, Poland, Romania, the Ukrainian SSR and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The said communications are identical

ה:

essence, mutatiS mutandis, to the ones repro- suced 10 note 2 in chapter III.3.

Joon accession to the Convention, on 20 Fearuary 1975. the Government of the German Democratic leouolic made the following declaration In this

respect:

the

Pursuant to the Quadripartite Agreement of 3 September 1971 between

Governments of the Anton of Soviet Socialist Republics. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and the French lesublic,

that Berlin (West) is not a constituent Part of the Federal Republic of Germany and not to ៦. governed by it. The statements by the federal Republic of Germany to the effect that ese Conventions also apply to "Land Berlin" are Merefore contrary

to the Quadripartite Agreement. ich

states further that treaties affecting Mtters of security and status may not че extended Berlin (West) by the Federal Republic of Carmany.

The statements by the Federal Republic if Germany cannot

therefore have legal effects.

C:

in regard to the latter declaration. the cretary-General received on 26 January 1976 from * Governments of France, the United Kingdom of

and Northern Ireland and the United

at aritaln Rates of America

a communication confirming their

previous

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declarations. Subsequently, on February 1976. the Secretary-Ganeral received From the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany a communication which states in part: "The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, on the basis of the legal situation set out in the [Note] of the Three Powers, wishes to confirm that the application in Berlin (West) of the above- mentioned (Convention] extended by It under the established procedures continues in full force and effect."

3/

Accession by the United Arab Republic. see note 3 in chapter I.1.

4/

The said declaration read as follows: "IF another Contracting Party extends the application of the Convention to territories which Fall within the sovereignty of the Argentine Republic. the rights of the Argentine Republic shall in по way be affected by that extension."

5/ In a communication received оп 25 February 1988. the Government of Austria notified the Secretary-General of its decision

withdraw as from that date. the Following reservation, made upon accession to Convention:

to

The Republic of Austria will apply the Con- vention, in accordance with the First sentence of article I (3) thereof, only to the recogni- tion and enforcement of arbitral awards made in the territory of another Contracting State.

6/

made

Since the declaration by Canada had been after accession, 1t was communicacad oy the Secretary-General to all States concerned on 22 July 1987. None of the Contracting Parties having expressad an objection within a period of 90 days from the date OF the above-mentioned communica- tion. the declaration was deemed to have been accepted and at replaces the previous declaration which reads as follows:

"The Government of Canada declares, with respect to the Province of Alberta, that it will

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