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CTBT Info Processing Site Launches in Belarus
A new information processing facility in Belarus was set to begin operations on Tuesday in support of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the Belarusian Telegraph Agency reported.
The Minsk site -- overseen by the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization -- would receive information from the pact's International Monitoring Network, carry out related calculations and send findings to the CTBT International Data Center in Vienna, Austria.
Forty-four "Annex 2" nations must ratify the treaty before it can enter into force. The eight holdouts from that group are China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and the United States.
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