
1 
This Order may be cited as the Arbitration
(Foreign Awards) Order 1984 and shall come
into operation on 1st August 1984.
2 

(1) The Powers listed in 
Column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order are parties
to the Geneva Convention.

(2) The territories specified in Column 2
of the said Schedule are territories to which the 
Geneva Convention applies.
3 
The States listed in Schedule 2
to this Order are parties to the New York Convention
.
4 
The Arbitration
(Foreign Awards) Order 1978 and the Arbitration (Foreign Awards) Order
1979 are hereby revoked.
N.E. Leigh
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE 1



Column 1 Column 2
Powers party to the 
Geneva Convention Territories to which the Geneva Convention
 applies
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland The United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
Anguilla

British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands Dependencies
Gibraltar
Hong Kong
Montserrat
Turks and Caicos Islands
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua
and Barbuda
Austria Austria

Bahamas Bahamas
Bangladesh Bangladesh

Belgium Belgium

Belize Belize
Czechoslovakia 
Czechoslovakia
Denmark Denmark

Dominica Dominica
Finland 
Finland
France France

Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic
of Germany
German Democratic
Republic German Democratic Republic
Greece 
Greece
Grenada Grenada

Guyana Guyana
India India
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Israel Israel
Italy 
Italy
Japan Japan
Kenya
 Kenya
Luxembourg Luxembourg

Malta Malta
Mauritius
 Mauritius
Netherlands Netherlands
(including Curacao)
New Zealand
 New Zealand
Pakistan Pakistan

Portugal Portugal

Romania Romania
Saint Christopher and Nevis Saint Christopher and Nevis
St. Lucia St. Lucia
Spain 
Spain
Sweden Sweden

Switzerland Switzerland
Tanzania 
Tanzania
Thailand Thailand

Western Samoa Western Samoa
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Zambia
 Zambia
SCHEDULE 2


 Australia (including all the external territories for the international
relations of which Australia is responsible)
 Austria
 Belgium
 Belize
 Benin
 Botswana
 Bulgaria
 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
 Cambodia
 Central African Republic
 Chile
 Colombia
 Cuba
 Cyprus
 Czechoslovakia
 Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands)
 Djibouti
 Ecuador
 Egypt
 Finland
 France (including all the territories of the French Republic)
 Federal Republic of Germany
 German Democratic Republic
 Ghana
 Greece
 Guatemala
 Haiti
 Holy See
 Hungary
 India
 Indonesia
 Republic of Ireland
 Israel
 Italy
 Japan
 Jordan
 Korea
 Kuwait
 Luxembourg
 Madagascar
 Mexico
 Monaco
 Morocco
 Netherlands (including the Netherlands Antilles)
 New Zealand
 Niger
 Nigeria
 Norway
 Philippines
 Poland
 Romania
 San Marino
 South Africa
 Spain
 Sri Lanka
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 Syria
 Tanzania
 Thailand
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Tunisia
 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
 United States of America (including all the territories for the international
relations of which the United States of America is responsible)
 Uruguay
 Yugoslavia
