Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : Background and Current Developments

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Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division

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Examines history of negotiations on nuclear weapons testing and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), national positions of countries that have conducted tests, and 2006 and 2009 North Korean n...

Examines history of negotiations on nuclear weapons testing and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), national positions of countries that have conducted tests, and 2006 and 2009 North Korean nuclear tests. Summarizes key provisions of CTBT, preparations for implementation, stockpile stewardship issues, and pro/con arguments regarding CTBT. Includes chronology.

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