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UN General Assembly commemorates International Day against Nuclear Tests
11.09.2015 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
A nearly 20-year-old treaty aimed at banning nuclear tests has still not entered into force despite what have been described as the «grave impacts» of testing on humans, the environment and on international peace and security, UN Radio says referring to Sam Kutesa, the UN General Assembly President, report made while speaking at a meeting on Wed to celebrate the International Day against Nuclear Tests (observed on Aug 29).
It is to be admitted, so far 164 states (out of the 193 that make up the UN General Assembly) have ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. However, despite this near-universal support, it has still not entered into force
Thats because all 44 countries listed in the treaty as «nuclear technology holders» must ratify it, but 8 of them still have not done that: China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, and the United States.
«Nuclear tests and weapons constitute an existential threat to humanity and contradict some of the fundamental principles of the United Nations. Nuclear testing and explosions have been carried out underground, underwater and in the air, with profoundly negative, long-term consequences. The fallout from nuclear tests has resulted in disease, the contamination of elements of the food chain and water supplies as well as the destruction of ecosystems,» Mr. Kutesa said.
Mr. Kutesa stressed the importance and urgency of realizing the treatys entry into force.
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