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India urged to sign CTBT
Vienna, Aug 20 (PTI) As the Indo-US nuclear deal goes through the motions, India was today asked to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (C.T.B.T.) by the UNorganisation overseeing this non-proliferation measure.
While announcing that Iraq had signed the C.T.B.T. inNew York yesterday, the Executive secretary of the C.T.B.T.
preparator commission Tibor Toth said India, North Korea andPakistan must also become signatories to the treaty.
The three countries in the Asian region are also important for enforcing C.T.B.T. and therefore "we urge them to sign the treaty," Toth told reporters here today. The 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (N.S.G.) will consider granting waiver to India tomrrow to enable India resume global nuclear commerce and take the nuclear deal with the USforward.
India has ruled out signing C.T.B.T. under any circumstances rejecting constant appeals and has not succumbed to any pressure. Japan had early this month urged India to sign the C.T.B.T. and the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty(N.P.T.).
New Delhi has maintained that it is not a signatory to N.P.T. or C.T.B.T. as it has fulfilled all major conditionalities required for non-proliferation and has animpeccable record in this record.
Pakistan has said it will not sign the C.T.B.T. unlessIndia does so.
Toth said Iraq's action was an important step in the area of prohibition of weapons of mass destruction takinginto account the crisis over this issue in the past 15 years.
With Iraq coming on board, 179 countries have signed theC.T.B.T.
Toth also urged those signatory countries who have notratified the treaty yet to do so to enable its enforcement.
The UN's Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation (C.T.B.T.O.) Tuesday said test moratorium by all nations should continue so that the door to nuclear-testing can becompletely closed.
"C.T.B.T.O. sincerely hopes that the nuclear test moratorium by the countries around the world continues so that the door to nuclear test can be completely closed," Annika Thunborg of the Chief Public Information and Legal andExternal Affairs Division told PTI .
India, although, not a signatory to C.T.B.T. had officially said that it would not prevent the treaty fromentering into force, she said.
The C.T.B.T. can come into force only if 44 specificcountries ratify the treaty.
So far 35 countries have ratified the Treaty including Russia, France and Britain. Those who have to sign to make the treaty come into force include USA, China, Egypt, Israel, Iran and Indonesia. Both US and Russia have not tested sinceearly 1990s and France and China have not tested since 1996.
After India and Pakistan conducted nuclear tests in 1998, it was only North Korea which had tested. "We want all teststo be banned completely..." Thunborg said.
While announcing that Iraq had signed the C.T.B.T. inNew York yesterday, the Executive secretary of the C.T.B.T.
preparator commission Tibor Toth said India, North Korea andPakistan must also become signatories to the treaty.
The three countries in the Asian region are also important for enforcing C.T.B.T. and therefore "we urge them to sign the treaty," Toth told reporters here today. The 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (N.S.G.) will consider granting waiver to India tomrrow to enable India resume global nuclear commerce and take the nuclear deal with the USforward.
India has ruled out signing C.T.B.T. under any circumstances rejecting constant appeals and has not succumbed to any pressure. Japan had early this month urged India to sign the C.T.B.T. and the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty(N.P.T.).
New Delhi has maintained that it is not a signatory to N.P.T. or C.T.B.T. as it has fulfilled all major conditionalities required for non-proliferation and has animpeccable record in this record.
Pakistan has said it will not sign the C.T.B.T. unlessIndia does so.
Toth said Iraq's action was an important step in the area of prohibition of weapons of mass destruction takinginto account the crisis over this issue in the past 15 years.
With Iraq coming on board, 179 countries have signed theC.T.B.T.
Toth also urged those signatory countries who have notratified the treaty yet to do so to enable its enforcement.
The UN's Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation (C.T.B.T.O.) Tuesday said test moratorium by all nations should continue so that the door to nuclear-testing can becompletely closed.
"C.T.B.T.O. sincerely hopes that the nuclear test moratorium by the countries around the world continues so that the door to nuclear test can be completely closed," Annika Thunborg of the Chief Public Information and Legal andExternal Affairs Division told PTI .
India, although, not a signatory to C.T.B.T. had officially said that it would not prevent the treaty fromentering into force, she said.
The C.T.B.T. can come into force only if 44 specificcountries ratify the treaty.
So far 35 countries have ratified the Treaty including Russia, France and Britain. Those who have to sign to make the treaty come into force include USA, China, Egypt, Israel, Iran and Indonesia. Both US and Russia have not tested sinceearly 1990s and France and China have not tested since 1996.
After India and Pakistan conducted nuclear tests in 1998, it was only North Korea which had tested. "We want all teststo be banned completely..." Thunborg said.
