9. Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 1958)
State Signature
Ratification, Accession
(a), Succession (d)
Entry into force
Albania . 27 June 2001 a
25 September
2001
Algeria 1/ 2/ . 7 February 1989 a 8 May 1989
Antigua and Barbuda 1/
2/
. 2 February 1989 a 3 May 1989
Argentina 1/ 2/ 7/
26 August
1958
14 March 1989 12 June 1989
Armenia 1/ 2/ . 29 December 1997 a 29 March 1998
Australia . 26 March 1975 a 24 June 1975
Austria . 2 May 1961 a 31 July 1961
Azerbaijan . 29 February 2000 a 29 May 2000
Bahrain 1/ 2/ . 6 April 1988 a 5 July 1988
Bangladesh . 6 May 1992 a 4 August 1992
Barbados 1/ 2/ . 16 March 1993 a 14 June 1993
Belarus 3/
29 December
1958
15 November 1960 13 February 1961
Belgium 1/ 10 June 1958 18 August 1975
16 November
1975
Benin . 16 May 1974 a 14 August 1974
Bolivia . 28 April 1995 a 27 July 1995
Bosnia and Herzegovina
e/ 1/ 2/ 6/
. 1 September 1993 d 6 March 1992
Botswana 1/ 2/ . 20 December 1971 a 19 March 1972
Brazil . 7 June 2002 a
5 September
2002
Brunei Darussalam 1/ . 25 July 1996 a 23 October 1996
Bulgaria 1/ 3/
17 December
1958
10 October 1961 8 January 1962
Burkina Faso . 23 March 1987 a 21 June 1987
Cambodia . 5 January 1960 a 4 April 1960
Cameroon . 19 February1988 a 19 May 1988
Canada 4/ . 12 May 1986 a 10 August 1986
Central African Republic
1/ 2/
. 15 October 1962 a 13 January 1963
Chile . 4 September 1975 a 3 December 1975
China 1/ 2/ . 22 January 1987 a 22 April 1987
Colombia . 25 September 1979 a 24 December
1979
Costa Rica 10 June 1958 26 October 1987 24 January 1988
Côte d' Ivoire . 1 February 1991 a 2 May 1991
Croatia e/ 1/ 2/ 6/ . 26 July 1993 d 8 October 1991
Cuba 1/ 2/ 3/ . 30 December 1974 a 30 March 1975
Cyprus 1/ 2/ . 29 December 1980 a 29 March 1981
Czech Republic a/ e/ . 30 September 1993 d 1 January 1993
Denmark 1/ 2/ . 22 December 1972 a 22 March 1973
Djibouti e/ . 14 June 1983 d 27 June 1977
Dominica . 28 October 1988 a 26 January 1989
Dominican Republic . 11 April 2002 a 10 July 2002
Ecuador 1/ 2/
17 December
1958
3 January 1962 3 April 1962
Egypt . 9 March 1959 a 7 June 1959
El Salvador 10 June 1958 26 February 1998 27 May 1998
Estonia . 30 August 1993 a
28 November
1993
Finland
29 December
1958
19 January 1962 19 April 1962
France 1/
25 November
1958
26 June 1959
24 September
1959
Georgia . 2 June 1994 a 31 August 1994
Germany b/ 1/ 10/ 10 June 1958 30 June 1961
28 September
1961
Ghana . 9 April 1968 a 8 July 1968
Greece 1/ 2/ . 16 July 1962 a 14 October 1962
Guatemala 1/ 2/ . 21 March 1984 a 19 June 1984
Guinea . 23 January 1991 a 23 April 1991
Haiti . 5 December 1983 a 4 March 1984
Holy See 1/ 2/ . 14 May 1975 a 12 August 1975
Honduras . 3 October 2000 a 1 January 2001
Hungary 1/ 2/ . 5 March 1962 a 3 June 1962
Iceland . 24 January 2002 a 24 April 2002
India 1/ 2/ 10 June 1958 13 July 1960 11 October 1960
Indonesia 1/ 2/ . 7 October 1981 a 5 January 1982
Iran (Islamic Rep. of) 1/
2/
. 15 October 2001 a 13 January 2002
Ireland 1/ . 12 May 1981 a 10 August 1981
Israel 10 June 1958 5 January 1959 7 June 1959
Italy . 31 January 1969 a 1 May 1969
Jamaica 1/ 2/ . 10 July 2002 a 8 October 2002
Japan 1/ . 20 June 1961 a
18 September
1961
Jordan 10 June 1958 15 November 1979 13 February 1980
Kazakhstan . 20 November 1995 a 18 February 1996
Kenya 1/ . 10 February 1989 a 11 May 1989
Kuwait 1/ . 28 April 1978 a 27 July 1978
Kyrgyzstan . 18 December 1996 a 18 March 1997
Lao People's Democratic
Republic
. 17 June 1998 a
15 September
1998
Latvia . 14 April 1992 a 13 July 1992
Lebanon 1/ . 11 August 1998 a
9 November
1998
Lesotho . 13 June 1989 a
11 September
1989
Lithuania 3/ . 14 March 1995 a 12 June 1995
Luxembourg 1/
11 November
1958
9 September 1983 8 December 1983
Madagascar 1/ 2/ . 16 July 1962 a 14 October 1962
Malaysia 1/ 2/ . 5 November 1985 a 3 February 1986
Mali . 8 September 1994 a 7 December 1994
Malta 1/ 11/ . 22 June 2000 a
20 September
2000
Mauritania . 30 January 1997 a 30 April 1997
Mauritius 1/ . 19 June 1996 a
17 September
1996
Mexico . 14 April 1971 a 13 July 1971
Monaco 1/ 2/
31 December
1958
2 June 1982 31 August 1982
Mongolia 1/ 2/ . 24 October 1994 a 22 January 1995
Morocco 1/ . 12 February 1959 a 7 June 1959
Mozambique 1/ . 11 June 1998 a
9 September
1998
Nepal 1/ 2/ . 4 March 1998 a 2 June 1998
Netherlands 1/ 10 June 1958 24 April 1964 23 July 1964
New Zealand 1/ . 6 January 1983 a 6 April 1983
Nicaragua . 24 September 2003 a
23 December
2003
Niger . 14 October 1964 a 12 January 1965
Nigeria 1/ 2/ . 17 March 1970 a 15 June 1970
Norway 1/ 5/ . 14 March 1961 a 12 June 1961
Oman . 25 February 1999 a 26 May 1999
Pakistan
30 December
1958
. .
Panama . 10 October 1984 a 8 January 1985
Paraguay . 8 October 1997 a 6 January 1998
Peru . 7 July 1988 a 5 October 1988
Philippines 1/ 2/ 10 June 1958 6 July 1967 4 October 1967
Poland 1/ 2/ 10 June 1958 3 October 1961 1 January 1962
Portugal c/ 1/ . 18 October 1994 a 16 January 1995
Qatar . 30 December 2002 a 30 March 2003
Republic of Korea 1/ 2/ . 8 February 1973 a 9 May 1973
Republic of Moldova 1/
6/
. 18 September 1998 a
17 December
1998
Romania 1/ 2/ 3/ . 13 September 1961 a
12 December
1961
Russian Federation d/ 3/
29 December
1958
24 August 1960
22 November
1960
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines 1/ 2/
. 12 September 2000 a
11 December
2000
San Marino . 17 May 1979 a 15 August 1979
Saudi Arabia 1/ . 19 April 1994 a 18 July 1994
Senegal . 17 October 1994 a 15 January 1995
Serbia and Montenegro f/
1/ 2/ 6/
. 12 March 2001 d 27 April 1992
Singapore 1/ . 21 August 1986 a
19 November
1986
Slovakia a/ e/ . 28 May 1993 d 1 January 1993
Slovenia e/ 1/ 2/ 6/ . 6 July 1992 d 25 June 1991
South Africa . 3 May 1976 a 1 August 1976
Spain . 12 May 1977 a 10 August 1977
Sri Lanka
30 December
1958
9 April 1962 8 July 1962
Sweden
23 December
1958
28 January 1972 27 April 1972
Switzerland 8/
29 December
1958
1 June 1965 30 August 1965
Syrian Arab Republic . 9 March 1959 a 7 June 1959
Thailand . 21 December 1959 a 20 March 1960
The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia e/
1/ 2/ 6/
. 10 March 1994 d
17 September
1991
Trinidad and Tobago 1/ 2/ . 14 February 1966 a 15 May 1966
Tunisia 1/ 2/ . 17 July 1967 a 15 October 1967
Turkey 1/ 2/ . 2 July 1992 a
30 September
1992
Uganda 1/ . 12 February 1992 a 12 May 1992
Ukraine 3/
29 December
1958
10 October 1960 8 January 1961
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern
Ireland 1/
. 24 September 1975 a
23 December
1975
United Republic of
Tanzania 1/
. 13 October 1964 a 12 January 1965
United States of America
1/ 2/
. 30 September 1970 a
29 December
1970
Uruguay . 30 March 1983 a 28 June 1983
Uzbekistan . 7 February 1996 a 7 May 1996
Venezuela 1/ 2/ . 8 February 1995 a 9 May 1995
Vietnam 1/ 2/ 3/ 9/ . 12 September 1995 a
11 December
1995
Zambia . 14 March 2002 a 12 June 2002
Zimbabwe . 29 September 1994 a
28 December
1994
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a/ The Convention was signed by the former Czechoslovakia on 3 October 1958 and an instrument
of ratification was deposited on 10 July 1959. On 28 May 1993, Slovakia and, on 30 September
1993, the Czech Republic deposited instruments of succession.
b/ The Convention was acceded to by the former German Democratic Republic on 20 February
1975 with reservations 1/, 2/ and 3/.
c/ On 12 November 1999, Portugal presented a declaration of territorial application of the
Convention in respect of Macau. The notification has taken effect for Macau on 10 February 2000,
in accordance with article X(2).
d/ The Russian Federation continues, as from 24 December 1991, the membership of the former
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in the United Nations and maintains, as from that date,
full responsibility for all the rights and obligations of the USSR under the Charter of the United
Nations and multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General.
e/ The date of effect of the succession is as follows: for Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6 March 1992; for
Croatia, 8 October 1991; for Czech Republic, 1 January 1993; for Djibouti, 27 June 1977; for
Slovakia, 1 January 1993; for Slovenia, 25 June 1991; and for The former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, 17 September 1991.
f/ The former Yugoslavia had acceded to the Convention on 26 February 1982. On 12 March
2001, the Secretary-General received from the Government of Yugoslavia a notification of
succession, confirming the declaration dated 28 June 1982 by the Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia. (see footnotes 1/, 2/ and 6/ below)
Declarations and reservations
(Excludes territorial declarations and certain other reservations and declarations of a political
nature)
1/ State will apply the Convention only to recognition and enforcement of awards made in the
territory of another Contracting State.
2/ State will apply the Convention only to differences arising out of legal relationships whether
contractual or not which are considered as commercial under the national law.
3/ With regard to awards made in the territory of non-contracting States, State will apply the
Convention only to the extent to which these States grant reciprocal treatment.
4/ Canada declared that it will apply the Convention only to differences arising out of legal
relationships, whether contractual or not, which are considered as commercial under the laws of
Canada, except in the case of the Province of Quebec where the law does not provide for such
limitation.
5/ State will not apply the Convention to differences where the subject matter of the proceedings is
immovable property situated in the State, or a right in or to such property.
6/ State will apply the Convention only to those arbitral awards which were adopted after the
coming of the Convention into effect.
7/ Argentina declared that the present Convention should be construed in accordance with the
principles and rules of the National Constitution in force or with those resulting from reforms
mandated by the Constitution.
8/ On 23 April 1993, Switzerland notified the Secretary-General of its decision to withdraw the
reciprocity declaration it had made upon ratification.
9/ Viet Nam declared that interpretation of the Convention before the Vietnamese Courts or
competent authorities should be made in accordance with the Constitution and the law of Viet Nam.
10/ On 31 August 1998, Germany withdrew the reservation made upon ratification mentioned in
footnote 1.
11/ The Convention only applies in regard to Malta with respect to arbitration agreements
concluded after the date of Malta's accession to the Convention