Andorra, Armenia Ratify CTBT

Armenia and Andorra last week ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the Vienna-based CTBT Organization announced (see GSN, March 13).

The two countries bring the total number of countries to ratify the pact to 134. 

For the treaty to take effect, it must be signed and ratified by the 44 Annex 2 states — nations that participated in the 1996 session of the Conference of Disarmament and had nuclear power or research reactors at the time. Thirty-four Annex 2 states have ratified the treaty (CTBTO release I and release II, July 17).

Back to top
About Newswire  |  Contact National Journal  |  Re-Use Guidelines © Copyright 2008 by National Journal Group, Inc. The material in this section is produced independently for NTI by National Journal Group, Inc. Any reproduction or retransmission, in whole or in part, is a violation of federal law and is strictly prohibited without the consent of the National Journal Group, Inc. All rights reserved.