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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 8. februar 2006 / Time Line February 8, 2006
Version 3.57. Februar 2006, 9. Februar 2006
02/08/2006
Catholic peacemaker receives ASIO treatment
http://www.cathnews.com/news/602/45.php
Ciaron O'Reilly, who has been associated with the Catholic
Worker peace movement for many years, has accused Australia's spy
agency of heavy-handed tactics after he was pulled aside and
interviewed at Brisbane Airport...
02/08/2006
Cameroon ratifies Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Vienna, Austria, 08 February 2006 -
PI/2006/02: Cameroon has deposited its instrument of ratification
of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) with the United
Nations Secretary-General on 6 February 2006, bringing the total
number of ratifications to 128. The number of ratifying States in
the Africa geographical region now stands at 30.
Cameroon hosts one International Monitoring System (IMS) facility:
radionuclide station RN13 at Douala. The station forms part of the
global network of 337 IMS monitoring facilities which is being
established under the terms of the CTBT to verify compliance with
the terms of the Treaty. Monitoring facilities transmit data via
satellite to the International Data Centre (IDC) in Vienna, where
the data are used to detect, locate and characterize events. These
data and IDC products are made available to the States Signatories
for final analysis.
The CTBT bans any nuclear weapons test explosions or any other
nuclear explosions. Drafted at the Conference on Disarmament in
Geneva and adopted by the General Assembly on 10 September 1996,
the Treaty was opened for signature on 24 September 1996 at the
United Nations headquarters in New York.
To enter into force, the CTBT must be signed and ratified by the 44
States listed in Annex 2 to the Treaty. These States formally
participated in the work of the 1996 session of the Conference on
Disarmament and possessed nuclear power or research reactors at
that time. To date, 33 of the Annex 2 States have ratified the
Treaty.
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A total 176 States have so far signed the Treaty. The 128 States
that have deposited their instruments of ratification of the CTBT
are Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria*, Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina*, Australia*, Austria*, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh*,
Belarus, Belgium*, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil*,
Bulgaria*, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada*, Chile*, Cook
Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo*, Denmark, Djibouti,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland*, France*,
Gabon, Georgia, Germany*, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See,
Honduras, Hungary*, Iceland, Ireland, Italy*, Jamaica, Japan*,
Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali,
Malta, Mauritania, Mexico*, Micronesia (Federated States of),
Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands*, New
Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway*, Oman, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru*, Philippines, Poland*, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of
Korea*, Romania*, Russian Federation*, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia and
Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia*,
Slovenia, South Africa*, Spain*, Sudan, Sweden*, Switzerland*,
Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo,
Tunisia, Turkey*, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine*, United Arab
Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland*,
United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu and
Venezuela.
* States whose ratification is required for entry into force.
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