[ RadSafe ] Saint Kitts and Nevis ratifies Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

[Gerry Blackwood]

WOW! Kiits the nuclear power house signed the treaty.........Talk about waste of time.......
 
Saint Kitts and Nevis ratifies Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban TreatyVienna, 3 May 2005: Saint Kitts and Nevis has deposited its instrument of ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) with the United Nations Secretary-General on 27 April 2005, bringing the total number of ratifications to 121. The number of ratifying States in the Latin America and the Caribbean geographical region now stands at 21. 

The CTBT bans all nuclear weapons test explosions. Drafted at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, and adopted by the General Assembly on 10 September 1996, the Treaty was opened for signature on 24 September 1996 at the Untied Nations headquarters in New York. 

To enter into force, the CTBT must be singed and ratified by the 44 States listed in Annex 2 to the Treaty. These States formally participated in the work of the 1996 session of the Conference on Disarmament and possessed nuclear power or research reactors at that time. To date, 33 of the Annex 2 States have ratified the Treaty. 


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