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Nuclear-free world is possible, test-ban treaty chief says
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UNITED NATIONS, 08 August 2022, (TON): A senior UN official has said “nuclear weapons will continue to pose a risk to humanity unless countries fully adhere to the treaty that prohibits their testing.”
At a news briefing at UN Headquarters in New York, Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the body that oversees the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, said “the treaty which opened for signature 25 years ago, has yet to enter into force because it requires ratification by a handful of key countries that have nuclear capabilities.”
He said “once in force, the CTBT will serve as an essential element of a nuclear weapons-free world. In order to achieve this world, we all aspire to, a universal and effectively verifiable prohibition on nuclear testing is a fundamental necessity.”
Floyd was speaking against the backdrop of the latest nuclear non-proliferation conference, which began last week at UN Headquarters after two years of pandemic-related delays.
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