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Post on 3 February 2021 by Anne Marie Steiger
February 3, 2021
The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) held a high-level virtual event in cooperation with the CTBT Art. XIV Process Co-Chairs Algeria and Germany as well as the Provisional Technical Secretariat of the CTBTO.
The event included two panel discussions and highlighted the importance of the CTBT to national and international security as well as the non-proliferation regime and linkages between the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the CTBT. Panelists discussed the benefits states gain from the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty Organization’s (CTBTO) current activities in establishing and provisionally operating the Treaty’s verification regime, specifically highlighting related capacity building. Panelists also discussed existing challenges to the CTBT’s entry into force and how to overcome these obstacles. Recent developments and challenges in the establishme
CTBTO Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo
First discussion panel on: The CTBT: Cold War Relic or the Future of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation?
Second discussion panel on: Challenges and Opportunities of the Establishment of the Verification Regime and its Relation to the Entry into Force
High-level figures from across the field of nuclear arms control have reaffirmed the key role of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in the global disarmament and non-proliferation architecture.
CTBTO Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo, leading diplomats, prominent non-proliferation experts and representatives of the CTBTO Youth Group (CYG) and CTBTO Group of Eminent Persons (GEM) joined a virtual event organized by the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-proliferation (VCDNP) on 28 January. The event, entitled “Strengthening the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and its Verification Regime,” was held in cooperation with the CTBTO as well as Algeria and Germany, co-chairs o