Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)

Archive

For latest news and documents on the CTBT, go back to the main CTBT page.

This page includes:

Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the CTBT, New York, September 21-23, 2005
Conference on Facilitating Entry into Force of CTBT, Vienna, September 3-5, 2003
CTBT Article XIV Conference, November 11-13, 2001
Article XIV Conference, October 1999
CTBT in Crisis, US Senate rejects CTBT ratification, October 1999
ACRONYM Reports and Articles prior to 1999

Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the CTBT, New York, September 21-23, 2005

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 conference adopted a final declaration stating that parties would "spare no efforts and use all avenues open to us in conformity with international law to encourage further signature and ratification of the Treaty".

Conference Report

Keeping Test Ban Hopes Alive: The 2005 CTBT Entry-into-force Conference
by Daryl Kimball, including the Final Declaration of the Conference and the NGO Statement

Selected conference documents are available below:

Conference on Facilitating Entry into Force of CTBT, Draft Final Declaration, adopted September 23, 2005
Statement by the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, September 21, 2005
Statement by the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Mr. Tibor TOTH, September 21, 2005
Report of Ambassador Jaap Ramaker, Special Representative to promote the ratification process of the CTBT, September 21, 2005
NGO Statement, delivered by Daryl Kimball, Executive Director, The Arms Control Association, September 23, 2005.

Useful Links

Further statements and official documents from the conference are available at: http://disarmament2.un.org/wmd/ctbt/2005-Conference/index.html.
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) for latest information on signatures and ratifications.
Arms Control Association resource page on the CTBT.

Background information

Joint Ministerial Statement on the CTBT, New York, September 23, 2004
Beyond Article XIV: Strategies To Save The CTBT, by Rebecca Johnson, Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No. 73
CTBT Report, Disarmament Diplomacy, December 2001: Boycotts and Blandishments: Making the CTBT Visible, by Rebecca Johnson
Who Needs the Nuclear Test Ban?, by Rebecca Johnson and Daryl Kimball, July-August 2001.
The Bush Presidency: Reconsidering the CTBT, by Jack Mendelsohn, December 2000 - January 2001
Shalikashvili CTBT Report, December 2000 - January 2001
A Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Signed but not Sealed, by Rebecca Johnson, ACRONYM Report No.10, May 1997

See also the Acronym Institute page on South Asia, for coverage of developments in India and Pakistan following the South Asian nuclear tests.

Conference on Facilitating Entry into Force of CTBT, Vienna, September 3-5, 2003

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.

Beyond Article XIV: Strategies To Save The CTBT, by Rebecca Johnson, Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No. 73
Additional Documents & Statements from the Conference

Note: for comprehensive coverage and documentation, see the website of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO), http://www.ctbto.org.

CTBT Article XIV Conference, November 11-13, 2001

The Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, took place at UN Headquarters in New York, from 11 to 13 November 2001.

CTBT Report, Disarmament Diplomacy, December 2001: Boycotts and Blandishments: Making the CTBT Visible, by Rebecca Johnson
Final Declaration, CTBT Signatories, and NGO Statement
Preliminary Update from New York, November 13, 2001: High Level CTBT Meeting "Successful" despite US Boycott, by Rebecca Johnson

Background Information and Links

UN Department for Disarmament Affairs, for official documentation concerning the forthcoming Article XIV Conference
CTBTO Preparatory Commission for the complete text of the CTBT and details of preparations to implement the Treaty
United Nations Treaty Section for an up-to-date list of CTBT signatories and ratifications.
Reaching Critical Will CTBT Page
Arms Control Association CTBT Page
Carnegie Non-Proliferation Project Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Resource Page
Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers CTBT Page

Article XIV Conference, October 1999

In October 1999, the first Article XIV Conference was held to look at measures to encourage countries to ratify the CTBT, in order to facilitate entry into force.

For official press releases and other documentation relating to the 1999 Article XIV Conference, go to the CTBT Organisation web site.

CTBT in Crisis, October 1999

On 13 October 1999, the US Senate voted to reject the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

Article XIV Conference on Entry Into Force by Rebecca Johnson
What Went Wrong with US Senate Ratification by Daryl Kimball
International Implications of US Senate Vote by Patricia M Lewis
Verifying the CTBT by Oliver Meier
Statements and Comment in the United States
International Statements and Comment

ACRONYM Reports and Articles

February - March 1997: CTBT Moves to Vienna, by Rebecca Johnson
1996: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: The Endgame, by Rebecca Johnson, ACRONYM Report No.9, A Review of the CTBT Negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament January - March 1996
1996: A Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Signed but not Sealed, by Rebecca Johnson, ACRONYM Report No.10, A Review of CTBT Negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament January - September 1996
1995: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Now or Never, by Rebecca Johnson, ACRONYM Report No.8, A Report of the 1995 Conference on Disarmament Negotiations

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