BANNING NUCLEAR TESTS ESSENTIAL FOR GLOBAL PEACE, SAYS HEAD OF UN-BACKED TREATY ORGANIZATION

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Date: 4 Sep 2013 15:00:01 -0400
Subject: BANNING NUCLEAR TESTS ESSENTIAL FOR GLOBAL PEACE, SAYS HEAD
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BANNING NUCLEAR TESTS ESSENTIAL FOR GLOBAL PEACE, SAYS HEAD OF
UN-BACKED TREATY ORGANIZATIONNew York, Sep 4 2013 3:00PMThe new head
of preparatory commission for a United Nations-backed treaty stressed
today stressed today that banning nuclear tests is essential for
international peace and security.

In a briefing to reporters in New York, the Executive Secretary of the
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Organization (CTBTO), Lassina Zerbo, underlined that countries who
have not ratified the treaty should realize the treaty is in their
national security interests as well being a vital part of achieving
international peace.

"We are indeed working hard day in and day out to try to secure their
ratification by building the framework that will give the trust
necessary for these countries to understand that the ratification of
this treaty is part of their own national security as well as the
international peace and security," Mr. Zerbo said.

Adopted by the General Assembly in 1996, the CTBT is the only treaty
to ban all nuclear tests in all environments, for military or civilian
purposes. It also has a unique global alarm system to detect nuclear
explosions. While the treaty has been adopted, it has not yet entered
into force.

The CTBTO is an independent international organization with its own
membership and budget, but it has had a Relationship Agreement with
the UN since 2000.

Out of a total listed number of 195 States, 183 have so far signed the
CTBT and 159 have ratified it. For the treaty to enter into force,
ratification is required from the so-called "Annex 2 States". Of
these, China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Egypt, India,
Iran, Israel, Pakistan and the United States, have yet to ratify it.

The CTBTO is tasked with building up the treaty's verification regime
so that it is fully operational when the treaty enters into force, and
with promoting signatures and ratifications.

Mr. Zerbo said the CTBTO is working with officials at various levels
in the countries that have yet to ratify the treaty to ensure they
find the treaty verifiable, and find the technical and political means
for ratification.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has repeatedly called on States to
ratify the CTBT stressing there are "no justifiable grounds for
further delay in" preventing the treaty's entry into force.Sep 4 2013
3:00PM
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