The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the Secretary-General on May 5, 1980, that its instrument of accession to the said Convention should have specified that the United Kingdom would apply the Convention only to the recognition and enforcement of awards made in the territory of another Contracting State and that this declaration should also have been made on behalf of Gibraltar, Hong Kong and the Isle of Man to which the Convention had been subsequently extended. With effect from September 8, 1980.
Since the declaration had been made after accession, it was communicated by the Secretary-General to all States concerned on June 10, 1980. None of the Contracting Parties having expressed an objection within a period of 90 days from the date of the above-mentioned communication, the declaration was deemed to have been accepted.
A notification was received on February 24, 2014, concerning the territorial application to the British Virgin Islands, with effect from May 25, 2014.
A notification was received on May 28, 2002, concerning the territorial application to Jersey, with the following declaration:
"The Convention shall apply to the Bailiwick of Jersey in accordance with article 1, paragraph 3 thereof, only to the recognition and enforcement of awards made in the territory of another Contracting State."
On June 10, 1997, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the Secretary-General of the following:
"In accordance with the Joint Declaration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong signed on 19 December 1984, the Government of the United Kingdom will restore Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China with effect from 1 July 1997. The Government of the United Kingdom will continue to have international responsibility for Hong Kong until that date. Therefore, from that date the Government of the United Kingdom will cease to be responsible for the international rights and obligations arising from the application of [Conventions] to Hong Kong."
A notification was received on April 19, 1985, concerning the territorial application to Guernsey, with effect from July 18, 1985, with the following declaration:
"... The Convention will be applied in respect of Guernsey, in accordance with Article I, paragraph 3 thereof, only to the recognition and enforcement of awards made in the territory of another Contracting State."
A notification was received on November 26, 1980, concerning the territorial application to the Cayman Islands and Belize, with effect from February 24, 1981, with the following declaration:
"... The Government of the Cayman Islands and the Government of Belize will apply the Convention, in accordance with article I, paragraph 3, thereof, only to the recognition and enforcement of awards made in the territory of another Contracting State."
A notification was received on November 14, 1979, concerning the territorial application to Bermuda, with effect from February 12, 1980, with the following declaration:
"... The Government of Bermuda will apply the Convention, in accordance with article I, paragraph 3, thereof, only to the recognition and enforcement of awards made in the territory of another Contracting State."
A notification was received on February 22, 1979, concerning the territorial application to the Isle of Man, with effect from May 23, 1979.
A notification was received on January 21, 1977, concerning the territorial application to Hong Kong, with effect from April 21, 1977.
The accession of September 24, 1975, was accompanied by a declaration to the effect that the Convention shall apply to Gibraltar, with effect from December 23, 1975.
On January 26, 1976, the Governments of France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America made the following declaration relating to the declaration made upon accession by the German Democratic Republic concerning application to Berlin (West):
"With respect to the declaration by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the German Democratic Republic which ... was made in a note accompanying the [instrument] of accession and which related to the application of the [Convention] to the Western Sectors of Berlin, the Governments of France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America state that their position remains as set out in the Notes which were sent to you, Sir, by their Permanent Representatives to the United Nations on 7 July 1975 and the relevant parts of which were reported in the Notes from the Legal Counsel Nos. C.N.192.1975.TREATIES-23 and C.N.195.1975.TREATIES-2, both dated 13 August 1975.
The application of the [...Convention] to the Western Sectors of Berlin continues, therefore, in full force and effect."
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