Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 107 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, published in 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

30 versions · 1991–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/70

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/70	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty	1,098	90%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/77	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty	1,075	88%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/66	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty	983	88%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/94	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty	903	88%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/66	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty	988	90%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

13 reports · 2005–2016

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2016	A/71/134/Add.1	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty report of the Secretary-General : addendum	A/RES/70/73
2016	A/71/134	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/73
2015	A/70/171	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/69/81
2014	A/69/137	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/68/68
2012	A/67/137/Add.1	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty report of the Secretary-General : addendum	A/RES/66/64

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Disarmament Agreements Nuclear Non-Proliferation Nuclear Weapon Tests Verification

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Stresses the vital importance and urgency of signature and ratification, without delay and without conditions, in order to achieve the earliest entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty;²

²See resolution 50/245 and A/50/1027.

Welcomes the contributions by the signatory States to the work of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, in particular its efforts to ensure that the verification regime of the Treaty will be capable of meeting the verification requirements of the Treaty upon its entry into force, in accordance with article IV of the Treaty, and encourages their continuation;

Underlines the need to maintain momentum towards the completion of all elements of the verification regime;

Urges all States not to carry out nuclear-weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions, to maintain their moratoriums in this regard and to refrain from acts that would defeat the object and purpose of the Treaty, while stressing that these measures do not have the same permanent and legally binding effect as the entry into force of the Treaty;

Condemns in the strongest terms the six nuclear tests conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since 2006 in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions,³ urges full compliance with the obligations under those resolutions, including that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea abandon its nuclear weapons programme and not conduct any further nuclear tests, notes with encouragement the statement of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea concerning a moratorium on nuclear tests and efforts towards the dismantlement of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, reaffirms its support for the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner, including through the Six-Party Talks, and welcomes all efforts and dialogue to this end, including the recent inter-Korean summits and the summit between the United States of America and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea;

³Including Security Council resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016) and 2375 (2017).

Urges all States that have not yet signed or ratified, or that have signed but not yet ratified, the Treaty, in particular those whose ratification is needed for its entry into force, to sign and ratify it as soon as possible and to accelerate their ratification processes with a view to ensuring their earliest successful conclusion;

Welcomes, since the adoption of its previous resolution on the subject, the ratification of the Treaty by Thailand and the signature of the Treaty by Tuvalu, since each ratification or signature is a significant step towards the entry into force of the Treaty;

Encourages further expressions from among the remaining States whose ratification is needed for the Treaty to enter into force of their intention to pursue and complete the ratification process;

Urges all States to remain seized of the issue at the highest political level and, where in a position to do so, to promote adherence to the Treaty through bilateral and joint outreach, seminars and other means;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session the item entitled “Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty”.

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