Latin America, Caribbean, Pacific to host CTBTO regional workshop
By Fortune Abang
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) on Saturday declared Latin America and the Caribbean or the Pacific as host for its 2025 workshop.
The Treaty is a multilateral agreement opened for signature in September 1996, signed by 187 nations and ratified by 178 to prohibit nuclear weapon test by anyone anywhere in the world.
The Executive Secretary of CTBTO, Dr Robert Floyd, disclosed this at the closing of the two-day regional workshop for African States Signatories on Saturday in Banjul, The Gambia.
The workshop was held from May 31 to June 1.
Floyd said, “The workshop was experimental: it is the first time we have conducted a workshop like this outside of Vienna, and The Gambia in Africa is the first to host it.
“The workshop has been a success. It is not a global community that gathered, but a continent that gathered. It is wonderful that we can focus on Africa.”
“The next experiment is likely to be in Latin America, and the Caribbean or the Pacific region.”
“We have come so far to discover the Treaty has so much to deliver to every Member State, every signatory.”
“There is benefit for all signatories to the Treaty through capacity building, for those interested in engaging in dialogue against nuclear weapons testing.”
The Executive Secretary identified benefits of the Treaty to include ensuring safety and protection of the environment from nuclear weapons tests, disaster management and other civil and scientific purposes.”
“We must establish a world without nuclear tests, put barriers against further development and proliferation of nuclear weapons.”
“It is an essential step towards a shared future of eradicating nuclear weapons in our environment,” he added.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports out of 52 States in Africa that signed the Treaty, 50 have so far ratified it. (NAN)
Edited by Abiemwense Moru
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NAN Abuja.
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