Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Resources

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Videos and Social Media

Five Questions: Video Interview with Tibor Tóth

CNS Exclusive Interview with Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, conducted at the United Nation Headquarters in New York, 25 September 2009.

In this video interview, CNS's Kaegan McGrath sits down one-on-one with Executive Secretary Tibor Tóth and asks him about the Article XIV Conference, the impact of U.S. Secretary of State Clinton's presence at the conference, and what the future holds for the CTBTO.

Posted: September 24, 2009

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Real-Time CTBTO updates on Twitter

Kaegan McGrath wrote Twitter updates (CNS_Updates) from the CTBT Conference.

Posted: June 18, 2009 Seminar VIDEO | The Role of Infrasound Detection in CTBT Verification: Bharath Gopalaswamy, Postdoctoral Associate, Peace Studies Program Cornell University.; Browse more videos on NukeTube.tv
Posted: May 18, 2009 VIDEO | The Situation in US Congress & CTBT Ratification: Overview of the present situation in the US Congress and how it affects the chances and approaches to ratifying the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty.; A short interview with Miles Pomper, CNS Senior Research Associate.; Browse more videos on NukeTube.tv
Posted: April 17, 2009 VIDEO | New Speaker Video Added to NukeTube: Verifying the CTBT: Using seismological methods to study nuclear explosions and their implications.; Paul G. Richards, Ph.D. Mellon Professor of Natural Sciences Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, spoke at CNS on April 6, 2009.
Posted: February 18, 2009 The United States and the CTBT: Renewed Hope or Politics as Usual?: An Issue Brief by Sean Dunlop and Jean du Preez for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).

Feature Stories

Posted: September 28, 2009 Declarations, Resolutions, and Revelations: Wrap-up of an Action Packed Week at the United Nations: Summing up last week's CTBTO Conference and UNSC disarmament summit; includes interview with CTBTO's Tibor Tóth.; Kaegan McGrath, a CNS Feature Story.
Posted: September 25, 2009 First Day of Article XIV Conference Shows Optimism: Reporting from CNS's Kaegan McGrath on the proceedings of the CTBTO Art XIV Conference and the special UNSC Summit.; Kaegan McGrath, a CNS Feature Story.
Posted: September 16, 2009 Will the Stars Align in New York for Test Ban Advocates? A Preview of the Sixth CTBT Article XIV Conference: The Obama administration's support for the CTBT will increase political momentum for accelerating the Treaty's entry into force during the Article XIV Conference convening at the United Nations in New York.; Kaegan McGrath and Luis Gain, a CNS Feature Story.
Posted: March 7, 2008 The Future of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The current budgetary crisis at the PrepCom for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization threatens to further diminish prospects for the CTBT's entry into force. However, recent political developments may breathe new life into the treaty.
CNS Feature Story by Kaegan McGrath, Stephanie Bobiak and Jean du Preez.
Posted: September 25, 2003 Third Conference on CTBT Entry into Force Adjourns: With the recent conclusion of the third Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in Vienna on 5 September, the prospects for the entry into force of the CTBT do not appear good.
Feature Story by Emily Schroeder.

Issue Briefs

Posted: July 8, 2009 Analysis of the Strategic Posture Commission's Arguments against U.S. Ratification of the CTBT: As the Commission could not reach consensus on U.S. CTBT ratification, this brief examines the arguments expressed by the treaty's opponents.; Kaegan McGrath, an issue brief for the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
Updated: April 2003 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT): The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), described as the "longest sought and hardest fought for arms control treaty in history," was opened for signature in September 1996. The CTBT obligates countries that sign and ratify "not to carry out any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion." An issue brief by Lawrence Scheinman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).

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