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UN chief urges ratification of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

ratification is required from the so-called Annex 2 States. Of these Pakistan, India, Israel, China, North Korea, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, and the United States have yet to ratify it…..

Ban urges states to ratify treaty banning N-tests, The Nation September 25, 2011 UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged all remaining states to seize the moment and sign and ratify the global treaty banning nuclear tests, with the aim of bringing it into force by 2012.

 “We know that a comprehensive ban on nuclear tests is an indispensable stepping stone to a nuclear-weapon-free world,” he told the Seventh Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), held in New York.
 Ban noted that the calls for bringing the treaty into effect are growing, both at the international political level as well as from the many victims and survivors he has met during his travels. “We gather at a moment for action,” he told the meeting, which is taking place on the margins of the General Assembly’s annual high-level debate.

Out of a total listed number of 195 states, 182 have so far signed the CTBT and 155 have ratified it. For the treaty to enter into force, ratification is required from the so-called Annex 2 States. Of these Pakistan, India, Israel, China, North Korea, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, and the United States have yet to ratify it….. http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/International/25-Sep-2011/Ban-urges-states-to-ratify-treaty-banning-Ntests

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