Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

The treaty

It is a multilateral  Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) agreement signed by the US, CIS, UK, and 90 non-nuclear-weapon states would ban any and all nuclear powers between 1994 and 1996 that is intended to prohibit all nuclear weapon test explosions and all other nuclear explosions in all environments, for military or civilian purposes. It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 September 1996, but it has not entered into force due to the non-ratification of 8 specific states. The states that need to take further action for the treaty to legally enter into force: China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and United States.

Its opponents

Non-signatory states

1. Bhutan
2. Cuba
3. Dominica
4. India
5. Mauritius
6. North Korea
7. Pakistan
8. Saudi Arabia
9. Somalia
10. South Sudan
11. Syria
12. Tonga
13. Tuvalu
14. Palestine

Note that some have a reason- remote places like Tuvalu may not think it's reinvent to them, some like Syria have a civil war and both India and Pakistan wish to have the right to attack each other after agreeing not to attack the rest of the world. North Korea is uniquely warwaky and will probably never join it.

Not ratified

1. Angola
2. China
3. Comoros
4. Egypt
5. Equatorial Guinea
6. Gambia
7. Iran
8. Israel
9. Myanmar
10. Nepal
11. Papua New Guinea
12. São Tomé and Príncipe
13. Solomon Islands
14. Sri Lanka
15. Swaziland
16. Thailand
17. Timor-Leste
18. United States
19. Yemen
20. Zimbabwe

Legality

The USA and China have shown little interest in arms control recently.

These states that need to take further legal and diplomatic action for the treaty to legally enter into force: China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and United States.

Also see

• 1963 Test Ban Treaty
• Atomic\nuclear war

1. Atomic War
2. Bikini Atoll
3. Project Vela
4. Nuclear fallout
5. Atomic\nuclear war
6. A nuclear\atomic holocaust or nuclear apocalypse
7. GAM-87 Skybolt
8. Rolls-Royce RZ2
9. RAF Upavon
10. RAF Spadeadam
11. SM-65 Atlas
12. Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
13. medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM)
14. Europa satellite launch vehicle
15. Woomera Test Range
16. Kourou Launch Site
17. C-3 Poseidon missile
18. Project Nobska
19. SALT II Treaty
20. medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM)
21. Europa satellite launch vehicle.
22. Woomera Test Range
23. Kourou Launch Site
24. ELDO project
25. Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
26. Atomic\nuclear war
27. A nuclear\atomic holocaust or nuclear apocalypse
28. 1962 Nassau Agreement
29. Rolls-Royce RZ2
30. medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM)
31. Europa satellite launch vehicle
32. Woomera Test Range
33. Kourou Launch Site
34. ELDO project
35. Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
36. Blue Streak
37. Skybolt missile
38. 1962 Nassau Agreement
39. Flying Scotsman
40. Provisional IRA

On line links

1. http://www.acronym.org.uk/ctbt/index.htm
2. http://www.acronym.org.uk/dd/index.htm
3. https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/ctbtsig
4. http://www.nti.org/treaties-and-regimes/comprehensive-nuclear-test-ban-treaty-ctbt/
5. http://www.ctbto.org/the-treaty/
6. http://www.atomicarchive.com/Treaties/Treaty19.shtml
7. http://www.ctbto.org/the-treaty/treaty-text/
8. http://www.ctbto.org/the-treaty/status-of-signature-and-ratification/
9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty
10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty
11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty
12. http://www.wagingpeace.org/issues/nuclear-weapons/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwuI-oBRCEi87g0K3O8OoBEiQAb25WAbUC_UrOoCotxpkFitDc5SYoGjz0iOaud3iZ1bkjNeoaApdw8P8HAQ
13. https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-4&chapter=26&lang=en
14. http://fas.org/nuke/control/ctbt/text/ctbtsigs.htm