Clinton sends CTB Treaty to Senate; hearings set to begin in October

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President Bill Clinton sent the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty to Senate on Sep 22 1997, almost one year after signing it. The earliest likely date for a vote on the treaty's ratification is spring 1998. The treaty cannot come into force until 180 days after ratification by 44 named countries, which include the five countries possessing nuclear weapons and India, Pakistan and Israel, which are the three nations on the threshold of possession. Only one of the 44 nations had ratified the treaty by Sep 1997, and India has declared its opposition to ratification.

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The CTB treaty: a historic opportunity to strengthen the non-proliferation regime

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The comprehensive test ban (CTB) treaty proposes to permanently ban all nuclear explosions, and is the result of two and half years of negotiations at the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament (CD). The CTB will strengthen the non-proliferation regime by showing the intention of the five major nuclear powers about nuclear disarmament. The CD has failed to reach a consensus due to Indian opposition but has produced a de facto ban due to a universal support for a global ban. Summary of the treaty and complete text of the accord's articles are provided.

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India blocks consensus on CTB, treaty may still go to UN

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The comprehensive test ban (CTB) treaty has failed to generate consensus on the issue of nuclear nonproliferation, as India and Iran have formally blocked the treaty transmittal to the UN General Assembly. Indian arguments are that the link between the treaty's implementation and Indian ratification would compromise its sovereign right to decide CTB signing. The treaty fails to state a fixed timetable for complete disarmament. Also, it is discriminatory, as it allows the five nuclear powers to retain their weapons and refine them.

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