UN chief urges all countries to join legally-binding treaty against nuclear tests
Aug 30, 2017, at 04:30 am
New York, Aug 29(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged all countries to sign and ratify a global treaty that bans nuclear explosions on the Earth's surface, in the atmosphere, underwater and underground.
Nuclear tests: 20 years after its adoption, the test ban treaty is yet to get into force
Sep 01, 2016, at 02:01 pm
New York, Sept 1 (Just Earth News): Adopted 20 years ago by the United Nations General Assembly, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) has not yet got into effect, and will only come into force once ratified by eight specific countries that have not done it yet.
UN officials call for renewed global commitment to ending nuclear tests
Sep 11, 2014, at 02:37 pm
New York, Sept 11 (IBNS)United Nations officials on Wednesday called for renewed commitment to a world free of nuclear weapons and nuclear tests, noting that nearly 2,000 such tests have taken place since 1945.