Nuclear Testing
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December 18, 2018On November 26, 2018, the Seventy-Third Session of the UN General Assembly met in New York, where the “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)” resolution was adopted.
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November 20, 2018As of November 19, 2018, Australia’s International Monitoring System (IMS) stations for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) are “operational and certified.” This marks significant progress in the CTBTO’s mission to establish 337 stations throughout the world to monitor for nuclear tests.
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November 1, 2018
The head of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization offers his agency's capabilities to verify
the dismantlement of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site. -
November 1, 2018
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s charge draws pushback from the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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November 1, 2018
France Sued Over Past Nuclear Tests
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October 18, 2018
New Analysis by CTBTO Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo Published in Arms Control Today
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October 1, 2018
Thailand becomes 167th country to ratify the treaty.
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August 24, 2018On June 27, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing about a bill to expand the compensation benefits granted under the 1990 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), who co-sponsored the bill, testified alongside four individuals from Idaho, New Mexico, Guam and the Navajo Nation.
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August 24, 2018August 29, 2018 marks the eighth International Day against Nuclear Tests. From August 28 to September 2, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) and the Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry will be hosting the 2018 CTBTO Group of Eminent Persons (GEM) and Youth International Conference in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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July 28, 2018
Remarks by Thomas Countryman to the International Symposium for Peace in Nagasaki, Japan