ICC's historical links with the 1958 New York Convention are well known. Intervention by ICC contributed towards the adoption of the Geneva Protocol and Convention, predecessors to the New York Convention. Subsequently, the ICC was instrumental in efforts leading to the adoption of the New York Convention itself. Since 1958, ICC, through its expanding membership, has encouraged countries to ratify the Convention, as some 140 States have now done.

In order to mark the Convention's 50th anniversary, ICC offers this study of national rules of procedure for the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. This ambitious undertaking, which has drawn upon the expertise of arbitration specialists around the world, is the product of the work of a Task Force set up by the ICC Commission on Arbitration under the co-chairmanship of Geoffroy Lyonnet and David Roney.

It is intended to be a practical reference tool, providing country-by-country information on local legal conditions affecting the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. In addition to being published in hard copy form, it is also available online in the ICC Dispute Resolution Library (<www.iccdrl.com>). It will be updated periodically as local conditions for recognition and enforcement change.

John Beechey

Chairman

International Court of Arbitration