The new website includes a host of new features which will benefit States, the media, NGOs, academic institutions, think tanks and the public at large.  These features range from greatly expanded written and visual content, powered by state-of the-art technology, to a more comprehensive search engine and a number of engaging multimedia applications. Our goal is to make this website the primary source of substantive information in a number of fields related to the ban on nuclear testing.

To the right is a screenshot of the new home page, which shows one of the organization’s remote monitoring stations.

The new public website features the groundbreaking integration of Google Maps into our website, showing the international status of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and the global nature of its verification regime.

Answers to ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ are also a feature.  For example, do you know …

• When did the “Nuclear Age” dawn and how long did it take to negotiate an international norm against all nuclear testing? (Answer)
• What are the benefits of being a Member State of the CTBT? (Answer)
• What comprises the Verification Regime’s International Monitoring System (IMS)? (Answer)
• How can seismic data assist in air crash investigations? (Answer)
• Which event provided a real life opportunity to test the CTBT’s global verification regime? (Answer)

You can now find the answers to these questions and many others by visiting our new website: www.ctbto.org - your resource on stopping nuclear testing.

The questions above deal with core aspects of the CTBTO’s work. Other issues include: the half-century evolution from 1940s Cold War escalation to 1990s international collaboration to put an end to nuclear testing; the interesting story of the CTBT’s long march to its final adoption; fascinating facts about how the technologies of the state-of-the-art verification regime work; and what would happen after the Treaty’s entry into force in the case of a real life on-site inspection if a country were to detonate a nuclear explosion in violation of the Treaty. Each of these is a compelling topic in itself and will serve to educate both casual website visitors and committed advocates of the world’s nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime.