Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)

CTBT Commission

Independent CTBT Commission, by Trevor Findlay, Disarmament Diplomacy, No. 51, October 2000.

South Asia

Failing the Test in South Asia, by Achin Vanaik, Disarmament Diplomacy, No. 51, October 2000.
Acronym Institute Special Feature on the South Asian nuclear tests

US Senate Vote

On 13 October 1999, the US Senate voted to reject the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty sending shock waves around the world. This web site includes information on the Senate vote and subsequent developments:

Russian Duma Approves CTBT, April 2000
US CTBT Task Force Briefing and Statements, March 2000
General Shalikashvili appointed to lead CTBT Task Force, January 2000
CTBT in Crisis, featuring articles by Rebecca Johnson, Daryl Kimball, Patricia Lewis, Oliver Meier, October 1999
Statements and Comment in the United States
International Statements and Comment

For information on the US Senate's vote not to ratify the CTBT, visit the Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers web site at http://www.clw.org/coalition/.

Article XIV Conference, October 6-8, 2000

From 6 - 8 October 1999, a Conference was held in Vienna to look at measures to encourage countries to ratify the CTBT, in order to facilitate entry into force of the treaty. The following documents and reports are available at this web site:

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

Background information

Reports and articles from the Acronym Institute, include:

CTBT Moves to Vienna, by Rebecca Johnson, Disarmament Diplomacy, February - March 1997
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Now or Never, by Rebecca Johnson, Acronym Report No.8, A Report of the 1995 Conference on Disarmament Negotiations
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
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

An update on the CTBT organisation, by Sandra Glass, is also available in Disarmament Diplomacy No 29, August/September 1998.

CTBT Links

More information on the CTBT can be obtained from:

the CTBT Organisation at http://www.ctbto.org for the complete text of the CTBT and details of preparations to implement the Treaty
the United Nations Treaty Section at http://www.un.org/Depts/Treaty for an up to date list of signatories and ratifications,
the Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers site at http://www.clw.org/coalition/, and
the US State Department web site at http://www.acda.gov/ctbtpage/ntbpage.htm.