Mauritania has ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, it was announced yesterday (see GSN, April 30).  Mauritania deposited its instrument of ratification with the United Nations April 30.  One hundred nations have so far ratified the treaty, including 31 of the 44 whose ratification is needed for the treaty to enter into force (CTBT Organization release, May 5).

The CTBT Organization, which oversees the treaty, yesterday noted progress made in the treaty’s ratification and implementation.  In addition to 100 countries ratifying the treaty, almost half of the regime’s 337 planned International Monitoring System facilities have been constructed, with another 80 under construction or in contract negotiations, the organization said (CTBTO release II, May 5).

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