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

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.

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

In 1996 Costa Rica and 138 other countries met at the United Nations to sign one of the world’s greatest achievements in nuclear non-proliferation: The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, the CTBT. Twenty-five years later, Costa Rica continues to be a leader in the global effort to monitor nuclear explosions. CTBTO

Seventy-five years ago this week, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were devastated by atomic blasts. Both cities were levelled, causing untold death and destruction. Yet, long-standing international norms to stop a nuclear disaster are under threat. CTBTO

On Wednesday (25 Sep) foreign ministers and representatives of over 50 countries met at the United Nations to discuss one of the most universally signed nuclear disarmament agreements, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty or CTBT. CTBTO