
Statements
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Article XIV Session 10:00 - 18:00
VIDEO: Morning Session
VIDEO: Afternoon Session
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About
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) contains a special mechanism to promote its entry into force – a conference designed to facilitate this objective takes place every other year. While its official designation is the Conference on Facilitating Entry into Force of the CTBT, it is more commonly known as the “Article XIV conference” in accordance with the relevant Treaty article. The ninth Article XIV conference will take place on 29 September 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, USA.
Read summary and see impressions from the conference.
Presidents-Designate
Read previews of the articles by Foreign Minister Kishida and Foreign Minister Idrissov in the next issue of Spectrum (24).
Conference Material
- Final Declaration (PDF)
- Invitation by the UN Secretary-General
a. To States that have ratified the CTBT (PDF)
French | Spanish
b. To States that have signed the CTBT (PDF)
French | Spanish
c. To non-signatory States (PDF)
Spanish - Draft Rules of Procedure (PDF)
Arabic | Chinese | French
Russian | Spanish - Draft Provisional Agenda (PDF)
Arabic | Chinese | French
Russian | Spanish - Official Background Paper (PDF)
Corrigendum 1 (PDF) | Corrigendum 2 (PDF)
Arabic | Chinese | French
Russian | Spanish - Activities undertaken by signatory and ratifying States (PDF)
- Information for Participants (PDF)
- Procedural and organizational matters (PDF)
- List of non-governmental organizations requesting accreditation (PDF)
In the news (selection)
Breakthrough needed to ensure nuclear-test-ban treaty enters into force – UN chief (UN News Centre)
Why the Pope Is Right about Nuclear Weapons, by Daryl Kimball (The National Interest)
Kazakh and Japan Go ‘Aggressive’ For Entry Into Force Of Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, by Fabíola Ortiz (InDepthNews)
Kazakhstan, Japan Call for Early Entry into Force of CTBT (Astana Times)
UN Pushes for End to Nuclear Weapons Tests (Latin America Herald Tribune)
UN Chief for nuclear weapons free world (Samaa)
Ban Nuclear Weapons, Kazakh Leader Tells UN (TGL)
CTBT members urge N. Korea to abandon its nuclear program (Yonhap News)