Can the test ban be saved?
The Geneva negotiations on a comprehensive test ban (CTB) treaty recessed on September 7 for five months without making any significant progress. The heavily {open_quotes}bracketed{close_quotes} draft treaty revealed that the negotiators from 37 countries had failed to agree on a single major issue. Little chance remains to complete the treaty before the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review and extension conference begins next April 17. The prospect of continued gridlock does not auger well for the NPT`s indefinite extension - a principal US security policy objective - since many non-nuclear-weapon states consider the test ban the litmus test of the nuclear-weapon states` willingness to meet their obligations under Article VI of the NPT.
- OSTI ID:
- 45395
- Journal Information:
- Arms Control Today, Journal Name: Arms Control Today Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 24; ISSN 0196-125X; ISSN ACOTEB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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