"COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY ORGANIZATION - CTBTO"

Marking International Day Against Nuclear Tests, General Assembly speakers call for universal adherence of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Marking International Day Against Nuclear Tests, General Assembly speakers call for universal adherence of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

The Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), Dr. Robert Floyd, said that even without having entered into force, the Treaty “is already helping to save lives.” UNIFEED

Dr. Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), briefs the press on how the CTBT is contributing to the three pillars of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and provides his views on the many security and other benefits derived from the Treaty, including the civil and scientific applications of the International Monitoring System (IMS) data that are already helping to save lives.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), briefs reporters following the UN Security Council 8865th meeting on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Thomas Byrne, Minister of State for European Affairs of Ireland, briefs reporters following the UN Security Council 8865th meeting on Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu said, “in recent years we have seen a worrisome trend towards the modernization and expansion of nuclear arsenals. As the global arms control regime has crumbled, multilateral nuclear disarmament diplomacy has atrophied. As relations continue to decline amongst States that possess nuclear weapons, we cannot take for granted that the norm against nuclear testing will hold.” UNIFEED

Press briefing by Rob Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), on the 25th anniversary of the Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Nuclear-test-ban treaty’s potential will not be realized until it enters into force, speakers stress, as General Assembly marks international day.