Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Resources
General information from the Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations and Regimes
- General Description [PDF]
Videos
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: June 18, 2009
Seminar
VIDEO | The Role of Infrasound Detection in CTBT Verification
- Bharath Gopalaswamy, Postdoctoral Associate, Peace Studies Program Cornell University.
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.
Posted: April 17, 2009
VIDEO | New Speaker Video Added to NukeTube-
Verifying the CTBT: Using seismological methods to study nuclear explosions and their implications.
Feature Stories
Posted: May 4, 2010
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Feature Story
Indonesia Takes the Lead on the CTBT- Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa announced that Indonesia would ratify the CTBT in the near future, without waiting for the U.S. to ratify first.
Posted: September 28, 2009
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Feature Story
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.
Posted: September 25, 2009
Feature Story
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.
Posted: September 16, 2009
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Feature Story
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.
Posted: March 7, 2008
Feature Story
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.
Posted: September 25, 2003
Feature Story
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.
Other Publications
Posted: March 2010
Outside Publication
Boosting the CTBT Prospects in the Middle EastPosted: November 9, 2009
Outside Publication
One Year of Test Ban Commitment Cannot Erase a Decade of Dismissal- A discussion of the outcome of the CTBT 2009 Article XIV Conference and the future prospects for ratification by the nine Annex II holdouts.
Posted: July 8, 2009
Outside Publication
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.
Posted: February 18, 2009
Outside Publication
The United States and the CTBT: Renewed Hope or Politics as Usual?Updated: April 2003
Outside Publication
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).
Related Links
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO PrepCom)
- U.S. State Dept CTBT Page
- Conference on Disarmament
- Bulletin of Atomic Scientists nuclear testing Q&A
- Arms Control and International Security
- The Acronym Institute
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