CTBTO Member States Take Test-Ban Verification To Next Level
Vienna, 24 October 2011
VIENNA – The 182 Member States
of the highest decision-making body of the Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Organization (CTBTO) today approved a plan to boost the
organization’s on-site inspection
Member States also echoed the Final
Declaration of last month’s conference
Delegates reviewed and commended the
organization for the progress in the build-up of the
International Monitoring System
These enterprises will
significantly enhance our verification regime and contribute
to smart and optimal use of the resources of the
[CTBTO].
CTBTO Executive Secretary Tibor Tóth
on the planned Integrated Field Exercise, the repair of the Chilean stations and a new management software system
Budget below zero real growth
The CTBTO adopted the budget for 2012. With U.S. $ 117.4 million, the regular budget remains slightly below zero real growth for yet another year.
New Chairs
The organization’s highest decision-making body, the so-called Preparatory Commission elected as its new chairman for 2012 Ambassador Alfredo Labbé of Chile. The new chairman for the subsidiary body for budgetary and administrative issues (Working Group A) will be Ambassador Jargalsaikhan Enkhsaikhan of Mongolia, while Hein Haak of the Netherlands was re-elected as chairman of the subsidiary body for verification issues (Working Group B).
Background on the CTBT
The CTBT bans all nuclear explosions by everyone, everywhere: on the Earth’s surface, in the atmosphere, underwater and underground. 182 countries have signed the Treaty, of which 155 have also ratified it. Of the 44 countries that have to ratify the Treaty for entry into force, 35 have already done so. The remaining nine are: China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Pakistan and the United States.
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