The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
(CTBT), signed in 1996, prohibits all nuclear testing under any circumstances.
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Jakarta
(ANTARA News) - The Mexican government applauds the decision of the Indonesian
Parliament to approve the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT),
allowing Indonesia to ratify it.
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Participation
in the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
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The Mexican
government urged the countries that have not yet endorsed or adhered to the
treaty to do so as soon as possible so that the CTBT can enter into force around
the world.
Its entry
into force would make it difficult to modernize the existing nuclear arsenals
and to develop new weapons, thereby strengthening international security.
Mexico
ratified the CTBT on October 5, 1999 and has five monitoring stations that are
part of the surveillance system: three auxiliary seismic stations (Yucatan,
Oaxaca and Baja California), a hydroacoustic station (Colima) and a
radionuclide station (Baja California Sur).
Mexico
co-chaired with Sweden the 7th Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force
of the CTBT, also known as the Article XIV Conference in New York, on the
sidelines of the 66th United Nations General Assembly last September.
Mexico
reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating nuclear weapons and strengthening the
nuclear nonproliferation regime, in the belief that both are necessary and
complementary actions to address international security concerns, the statement
said.
The
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), signed in 1996, prohibits all
nuclear testing under any circumstances.
The treaty
has been ratified by 155 countries but has not yet entered into force, since it
requires the ratification of all of the 44 Annex II countries, those with
nuclear technology capabilities.
Indonesia
is one of the Annex II nations. The eight countries whose ratification is
required for entry into force are: China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Pakistan,
Democratic People`s Republic of Korea and the USA. Indonesia`s ratification
will be officially recognized when the ratification instrument is presented to
the United Nations.
Indonesia
signed the CTBT on September 24, 1996 and its ratification will help encourage
other countries to do the same as soon as possible. It will also strengthen the
treaty`s international monitoring system, as there are six seismic stations in
Indonesia.
The treaty
provides for a system capable of detecting nuclear explosions anywhere in the
world, either in the atmosphere, underwater or underground, and is made up of
321 stations for seismic, hydroacoustic and infrasound monitoring, and 16
radionuclide laboratories.
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