Colombian Ratification Of Nuclear Treaty Welcomed By Secretary-general
 
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:01:44 -0500

COLOMBIAN RATIFICATION OF NUCLEAR TREATY WELCOMED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL
 
New York, Jan 30 2008  2:00PM
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed Colombia’s ratification 
of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (<"http://disarmament.un.org/wmd/ctbt/index.html">CTBT), 
which will enter into force 
when it becomes law in nine more countries.

In a <"http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=2976">statement 
released by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban noted that Colombia is one 
of 144 States to ratify the Treaty, which outlaws all nuclear explosions 
and establishes a verification regime to monitor compliance.

Colombia also belongs to the group of 44 nations listed in the Treaty’s 
second annex which must all ratify the CTBT for it to enter 
into force. Those countries formally participated in the 1996 session 
of the Conference on Disarmament, when the Treaty was negotiated, 
and either had nuclear power or research reactors at the 
time.

Colombia’s ratification means 35 of those Annex 2 States have ratified. 
The remaining nine States which have not yet ratified are 
China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Egypt, India, 
Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Pakistan and the United States.
 2008-01-30 00:00:00.000 


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