CTBT

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What we are doing for nuclear disarmament

Posted by admin — 7 December 2006 at 1:00am - Comments

Trident Sub at sea

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Britain's new bomb programme exposed

Last edited 20 October 2006 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
20 October, 2006

Summary

On 24 September 1996, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was opened for signatures. The treaty banned all nuclear tests - thus stopping new countries acquiring nuclear weapons, and existing nuclear-weapons states from developing new nuclear weapons. Alongside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), it was hailed as a major step towards nuclear disarmament.

At the time, the Labour government played a key role in pushing for the treaty and in urging other countries to support it.

This briefing reveals:

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The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

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Protesters march against against French nuclear testing in the South Sea Islands in 1995

Protesters march against against French nuclear testing in the South Sea Islands in 1995

Halt nuclear weapons testing
One of the most effective ways to deal with the nuclear danger is to stop nuclear testing, which is why Greenpeace and other anti-nuclear groups campaigned so vigorously for a ban on testing in the 1980s and 1990s.

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