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When Australian Robert Floyd began his career as a biological scientist, he had no dreams of heading a United Nations body charged with policing the world for signs of nuclear tests.
Dr Robert Floyd
Dr Robert Floyd of Australia has been elected by Member States as the next Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).
A scientist with extensive leadership, management and diplomatic experience, since 2010 Floyd has been the Director-General of the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office (ASNO), Australia’s national authority for implementing various treaties to control weapons of mass destruction including the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
ASNO oversees operation of Australia s 23 facilities in the CTBT’s International Monitoring System (IMS) to detect nuclear explosions – the third largest number of any country.
He will succeed Dr Lassina Zerbo, of Burkina Faso, who has been instrumental in cementing the CTBTO’s position as the world’s centre of excellence for nuclear test-ban verification, as well as in driving forward efforts towards the entry into force and universalization of t
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I congratulate Dr Robert Floyd on his election to lead the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) as its Executive Secretary.
As the first Executive Secretary elected from the Indo-Pacific, this demonstrates Australia’s active commitment to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, and our practical contribution to multilateral co-operation.
With 185 State Signatories, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) aims to end nuclear weapons testing worldwide. Dr Floyd will play a critical role in supporting the Treaty’s objectives. Australia thanks the many countries that supported his candidacy.
Australia has strongly advocated for a comprehensive and permanent ban on nuclear test explosions since the 1980s and, in 1996, spearheaded the adoption of the United Nations General Assembly resolution to establish the CTBTO.
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