The Project for the CTBT aims to support and coordinate the work of NGOs and policy, scientific and security experts in order to provide the public and policy-makers with sound information and analysis about the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. The following updates provide news and analyses on the status of the treaty and work of the CTBT Organization. To receive these by email, subscribe to our regular updates list.
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Ambassador Thomas Pickering Urges U.S. Ratification of the CTBT
February 27, 2013
Ambassador Pickering called for U.S. leadership on the CTBT in a February 20 opinion editorial in The Christian Science Monitor.
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North Korean Nuclear Test and Meteorite over Siberia Demonstrate CTBTO Capabilities
February 27, 2013
According to a February 26 Global Security Newswire story, the recent North Korean nuclear test "brought fresh attention to the capabilities" of the CTBTO's monitoring system.
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Defying Global Taboo, North Korea Conducts 3rd Nuclear Blast
February 12, 2013
The government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has apparently conducted its third nuclear test explosion, defying the explicit demands of the UN Security Council and the international community that it “abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner.”
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CTBTO Says it Can Detect Nuclear Test by N. Korea "Within Minutes"
February 5, 2013
The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) announced this week that the organization is able to detect seismological activity in North Korea "within minutes" of an explosion.
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Sandia Designs UAV to Monitor Nuclear Test Explosions
February 5, 2013
Sandia National Laboratories recently tested an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), nicknamed "Harvester," for use in detecting nuclear test explosions.
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North Korea Announces Intention to Test Nuclear Weapon
January 23, 2013
Today, North Korea’s National Defence Commission released a statement ramping up the rhetoric towards the United States.
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United States Observes National Downwinders Day, January 27
January 23, 2013
In 2011, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to designate January 27 as a "national day of remembrance for Americans who, during the Cold War, worked and lived downwind from nuclear testing sites and were adversely affected by the radiation exposure generated by the above ground nuclear weapons testing.
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UN Secretary-General Urges U.S. Action on CTBT
January 23, 2013
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North Korea Vows "Physical" Response to UNSC Resolution
January 23, 2013
Today, the North Korean government released a statement through the Korean Central News Agency condemning the most recent UN Security Council resolution (S/RES/2087) directed at Pyongyang. The UNSC resolution expands the list of sanctioned entities in response to the most recent North Korean satellite launch, which occurred on Dec. 12, 2012.
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France Agrees to Declassify Radiation Data on Pacific Nuclear Tests
January 23, 2013
The Advisory Committee of the Confidentiality of National Defense has approved the declassification of 58 documents related to radiation levels in French Polynesia during and after French nuclear test explosions.