The Court granted confirmation of an ICC award. It dismissed: Georgia’s claim of forum non conveniens, finding that, under circuit precedent, this defence was not available in proceedings to confirm a foreign award; Georgia’s motion to stay proceedings pending an annulment action against the award in France, holding that both the factors to be considered when deciding on a stay  – the general objectives of arbitration (the expeditious resolution of disputes and the avoidance of protracted and expensive litigation) and the status of the foreign proceedings – weighed against a stay in the present case; and Georgia’s defenses under the New York Convention, finding that the record showed that the arbitral tribunal had violated neither Georgia’s right to due process nor the parties’ agreement when calculating damages. The Court also dismissed as unproven the claim that confirmation would violate the US public policy interest in respecting the right of other nations to control the extraction and processing of natural resources within their own sovereign territories.