Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test -Ban Treaty (English Comprehensive Nuclear - Test - Ban Treaty, CTBT ) is a not yet entered into force international treaty to ban all nuclear tests.

Content

The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty prohibits the carrying of any kind of nuclear explosion if. Civilian or military purposes The aid will be prohibited.

To ensure compliance with the contract, it includes the establishment of the organization of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBTO ). It is tasked to build a monitoring system that can register nuclear explosions worldwide. This monitoring system consists of a network of globally distributed stations for monitoring earthquakes, radionuclides, underwater sound and infrasound, which transmit their measurements to the International Data Centre in Vienna. In addition, pending on-site inspections are required.

The Contract shall enter into force 180 days after the in Annex 2 cited by name states have ratified the treaty. These 44 states are those which possessed according to the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA) 1995 core technology.

The validity of the contract is unlimited.

History

The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was drafted by the UN Conference on Disarmament and adopted on 10 September 1996 with 158 of 173 votes from the UN General Assembly. Since it is the international community of states to sign and ratify.

On 19 November 1996, the Preparatory Commission ( Preparatory Commission, shortly PrepCom ) was established as a precursor of the CTBTO. It is tasked to prepare for the entry into force of the Treaty and in particular to establish the International Monitoring System. By November 2009, there were 250 certified of 337 planned stations and fully functional.

Status of ratification

  • Annex 2, signed and ratified
  • Annex 2, signed
  • Annex 2, not signed
  • Not included in Annex 2, signed and ratified
  • Not included in Annex 2, signed
  • No, not signed in Annex 2

To date ( January 22, 2014 ) 183 states have signed and ratified the treaty 161. The last state to ratify the treaty, is Iraq.

Of the 44 nuclear countries have signed and 36 ratified 41. In order for the Treaty to enter into force, have yet to ratify the following countries: Egypt, the People's Republic of China, India, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and the United States ( ratified on 13 October 1999 rejected by the Senate ).

Of these States, India, Pakistan and North Korea have not yet been signed.

Germany and Austria signed the agreement in 1998, Switzerland ratified in 1999.

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