
	Where results make sense

Topic: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

Related Topics

Nuclear weapon

Nuclear Test Ban

13 steps

List of countries with nuclear weapons

North Korea and weapons of mass destruction

Nuclear disarmament

Nuclear testing

Partial Test Ban Treaty

France and weapons of mass destruction

Nuclear proliferation

Atomic bomb

List of treaties

Treaty

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

Nevada Test Site

In the News (Tue 10 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Bill 1998 (Bills Digest 190 1997-98)
		Negotiations for the comprehensive test ban treaty continued on and off until 1996 when the text of the agreement was finalised.
		The Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty was opened for signature on 24 September 1996 and was signed by Australia and the five declared nuclear powers (the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, France and China) on that date.
		Article XIV of the treaty provides that the treaty does not enter into force until either 180 days after the 44 countries listed in Annex 2 to the treaty have ratified it or 2 years, whichever is the later.
	www.aph.gov.au /library/pubs/bd/1997-98/98bd190.htm (2916 words)

	White House Wants to Bury Pact Banning Tests of Nuclear Arms
		The test ban treaty "does not help our nonproliferation goals," said an administration official who discussed the president's emerging strategy on the condition that he not be identified.
		Thus, once the test ban treaty was rejected by the Senate, it reverted to the legal property of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
		Supporters of the treaty criticized the administration's approach, saying the test ban is a cornerstone of nonproliferation efforts and has overwhelming domestic and international support.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines01/0707-01.htm (1307 words)

	NRDC: Tall Tales of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Opposition
		This is a far cry from the alarmist assertion of the test ban opponents that "the nation has found, time and again, that nuclear testing is necessary to identify and to confirm the effectiveness of corrective measures." Hardly.
		The treaty addresses this issue by providing for voluntary notifications and exchanges of data regarding the conduct of large chemical explosions, and by mandating procedures for the conduct of on-site inspections of the vicinities of suspect events.
		A full yield proof test of a boosted primary for a two-stage thermonuclear device requires a test in the range of several kilotons or higher, and a reliable detection capability for such tests is not in doubt.
	www.nrdc.org /nuclear/actbt.asp (3357 words)

	NTI: Issue Brief: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
		Treaty advocates contend that the verification system is a valuable addition to U.S. monitoring capabilities and that the two together increase the prospect for detecting militarily significant testing, especially as the treaty provides for short-notice on-site inspections, thereby reducing even further the prospect of testing going undetected.
		Additionally, supporters of the treaty underscore that a CTBT is specifically stated in the preamble to the NPT as an objective to be achieved in the process of moving toward nuclear disarmament, which Article 6 of the NPT includes as one of the aims of that treaty.
		Completing and implementing a universally applicable, non-discriminatory, and internationally verifiable CTBT was one of the objectives specified in the decision to extend the NPT indefinitely in 1995 and pursuing and achieving a comprehensive test ban is thus highly relevant to nonproliferation and to international judgments on whether the United States is meeting its political commitments.
	www.nti.org /e_research/e3_9a.html (5694 words)

	Capability to Monitor the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The CTBT will be monitored by: 1) the national intelligence means of various countries, 2) the International Monitoring System (IMS) negotiated under the CTBT that consists of seismic, hydroacoustic, radionuclide, and infrasound networks, along with on-site inspections, and 3) the efforts of numerous independent scientists and institutions worldwide.
		One of the biggest challenges to monitoring the CTBT is the possibility that testing could be successfully hidden by conducting nuclear explosions in an evasive manner.
		Article IV.A.10 of the treaty states "The provisions of this treaty shall not be interpreted as restricting the international exchange of data for scientific purposes".
	www.agu.org /sci_soc/policy/test_ban.html (519 words)

	Arms Control Association: Arms Control Today: CTBT Rogue State?
		The U.S. boycott of the November 11-13 UN conference to encourage support for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) fits a pattern of unilateralist nonengagement that is becoming the hallmark of the Bush administration’s arms control policy.
		The U.S. boycott of the CTBT conference and its votes on the Japanese resolution and the procedural decision have crossed leaders in Tokyo and Western capitals, who recognize the importance of strengthening, not weakening, multilateral non-proliferation efforts in the aftermath of September 11.
		However, the real test for the test ban will be whether such support will be sustained by the friends of the treaty inside and outside the United States.
	www.armscontrol.org /act/2001_12/ctbtanalysisdec01.asp (531 words)

	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Summary
		The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which prohibits all nuclear explosions either for military or "peaceful" purposes, was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 1996.
		President Dwight D. Eisenhower first suggested a ban on atmospheric testing in 1955, but it was not until August 1963, in the aftermath of the 1962 superpower showdown over the stationing of nuclear-capable missiles in Cuba, that the United States and the U.S.S.R. agreed to a Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT).
		Opponents of the treaty argue that limited testing is necessary for checking the safety and reliability of existing nuclear warheads and for maintaining the credibility of the nuclear deterrent.
	www.bookrags.com /Comprehensive_Test_Ban_Treaty (1677 words)

	COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY
		treaty be withdrawn and (b) that the CTBT not be considered for the duration of
		the preamble to the CTBT by its framers.
		The rejection of the CTBT by the U.S. Senate in October 1999 was preceded by a reaffirmation
	www.csuohio.edu /polisci/courses/PSC422/ctbt.htm (5731 words)

	Test Ban Treaty
		The CTBT was negotiated in the Geneva Conference on Disarmament (CD) between January 1994 and August 1996.
		The United Nations General Assembly voted on September 10, 1996, to adopt the Treaty by a vote of 158 in favor, 3 opposed, and 5 abstentions.
		The Treaty will enter into force 180 days after the date of deposit of the instruments of ratification by all States listed in Annex 2 of the Treaty, but in no case earlier than two years after its opening for signature (i.e., September 24, 1998).
	www.vce.com /testban.html (812 words)

	BASIC -- the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
		On 10 September 1996, a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was overwhelmingly endorsed at the United Nations in New York.
		The Treaty bans all explosive tests that lead to a nuclear chain reaction.
		The Fall 2001 UN First Committee on Disarmament called for prompt entry into force of the treaty, but obtaining the required ratifications of several nuclear-capable states, including India, Iraq, Pakistan, North Korea, and the United States, is a large challenge for the international community.
	www.basicint.org /nuclear/CTBT/main.htm (262 words)

	The Politics and Prospects of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Thus, a test ban is seen as an unnecessary impediment to improving the military capabilities of the United States against the current and developing proliferation threats.
		In the case of the CWC, Sen. Lott had a critical role in bringing the treaty to the floor and, although he voted against it, he withheld his vote until it was certain the treaty would pass and never took a lead role in opposing the pact.
		The treaty provides that in September 1999, three years after the treaty opened for signature, there could be a review conference by all those who have ratified to evaluate and confer on steps for bringing the treaty into force.
	www.ceip.org /people/circtbt2.htm (5300 words)

	Global Beat: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Testimony
		And it was interesting when the congressional legislation led to a moratorium on testing, and the question came up where there's some tests that had to be pursued, they had great difficulty pulling together a handful of tests that would be given consideration.
		And that is the argument for the comprehensive test ban.
		And I think when Eisenhower was pursuing the nuclear test ban, it was with the intention of stopping the development of nuclear weapons, which he saw as a threat to the survival of the United States and to the international community.
	www.bu.edu /globalbeat/nuclear/keeny031898.html (4528 words)

	COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY
		Recognizing that the cessation of all nuclear weapon test explosions and all other nuclear explosions, by constraining the development and qualitative improvement of nuclear weapons and ending the development of advanced new types of nuclear weapons, constitutes an effective measure of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation in all its aspects,
		Annex 1 to this Treaty shall be updated, as appropriate, by the Conference in accordance with paragraphs 23 and 26 (k).
		Requests and notifications shall be in one of the official languages of this Treaty.
	www.prop1.org /2000/ctbttxt1.htm (3682 words)

	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT): Conference on Facilitating Entry into Force of CTBT, Vienna, September 3-5
		The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which opened for signature in 1996, is intended to prohibit all nuclear weapon test explosions.
		The 2005 Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty was attended by 117 states parties to the Treaty.
		The 2003 Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), took place in Vienna, Austria, from 3 to 5 September 2003, was convened under Article XIV of the CTBT for the purpose of examining ways and means to accelerate the Treaty's entry into force.
	www.acronym.org.uk /ctbt (917 words)

	Bush set to flout test ban treaty \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		America's nuclear weapons laboratories have begun preparations to test a new generation of arms after strong signs that the Bush administration may be about to pull out of the landmark Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
		Although key figures are still engaged in a bitter debate over whether the US should withdraw from the treaty, Washington's position on nuclear weapons development and use is increasingly hardline.
		Among the most prominent nuclear proponents is John Bolton, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control at the State Department, who campaigned successfully for the US to withdraw from the treaty to establish an International Criminal Court and has been campaigning with equal vigour for the US to withdraw from the Test Ban Treaty.
	www.guardian.co.uk /bush/story/0,7369,764631,00.html (645 words)

	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
		Test ban treaty is last line of defense against nuclear espionage by Charles Ferguson and Daryl Kimball
		The Case for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty David Hafemeister
		To date, all but 3 of the 44 nations (India, Pakistan, and North Korea) have signed the CTBT and 31 of the Annex 2 states (those that have nuclear weapons or nuclear facilities whose signature and ratification are required to bring the treaty into force) have ratified the treaty.
	www.fas.org /nuke/control/ctbt/index.html (393 words)

	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The CTBT has now been signed by 177 states and ratified by 137.
		The US has signed the CTBT, but not ratified it.
		US conducts subcritical nuclear test ABC News, February 24, 2006
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Comprehensive_Test_Ban_Treaty (1019 words)

	Arms Control Association: Subject Resources
		Holding the CTBT Hostage in the Senate: The 'Stealth' Strategy Of Helms and Lott,
		False Accusations, Undetected Tests and Implications for the CTB Treaty,
		Fulfilling the Promise of the NPT: The CTBT and Beyond
	www.armscontrol.org /subject/ctbt (724 words)

	The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The organisation celebrates the end of 25 years campaigning against nuclear testing.
		Greenpeace anti nuclear testing action in Geneva 26th June 1996.
		24th September 1996 TEST BAN SHOULD BE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
	archive.greenpeace.org /comms/nukes/ctbt (756 words)

	CNS - Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
		Axworthy Regrets Decision By U.S. Senate Not to Ratify Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
		Op-Ed: International Impact of the Senate's Test Ban Debate
		Domestic-International Linkages: India and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,
	cns.miis.edu /research/testban (105 words)

	NRDC: End Run: Simulating Nuclear Explosions under the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
		This August 1997 report analyzes recently declassified excerpts from the U.S. Department of Energy's "Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan," a comprehensive "road-map" of U.S. plans and ongoing programs involving the nuclear weapons stockpile, and finds many conflicts between U.S. plans and the goals of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
		Appendix I: Recently Declassified Excerpts Concerning Design and Development of Nuclear Weapons under a Comprehensive Test Ban
		DOE/DoD Plan Joint Flight Testing of Modified and New Weapons under the CTBT to Certify Their Military Mission Capability
	www.nrdc.org /nuclear/endrun/erinx.asp (337 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)