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29 May 2019

CTBTO : 55th Working Group A session (27-29 May)

55th Working Group A session, one of the subsidiary bodies of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission, during which States Signatories could discuss on the first 2020-2021 draft budget.
8 May 2019

Re-election of Mr. Bernard Leroy as a Member of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)

On 7 May 2019, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) reelected Mr. Bernard Leroy, French legal expert, as a Member of the International Narcotics Control Board for a second 5-year term beginning on 2 March 2020.
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The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) elected on 7 May 2019 in New York five members of the (...)
16 April 2019

CTBTO : 52nd Working Group B session

From 25 March till 5 April, experts coming from all States signatories to the CTBT gathered in Vienna. For two weeks, technical discussions between experts and the Provisional technical Secretariat led to an overview on the implementation of the verification regime, along with the latest technical developments that could be useful to the treaty.
25 February 2019

CTBTO : international campaign of the APF to support the Treaty entry into force

The Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (Parliament Assembly for Francophonie) decided to launch an international campaign to support the entry into force of the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty to that end, a delegation from the APF, led by Jacques Krabal, Jean-Max Rakotomamonjy, and Christophe-André Frassa went to Vienna in order to meet with Lassina Zerbo, the IAEA and the groupe (...)
17 January 2019

Iran – Third anniversary of the implementation of the JCPOA (16 January 2019)

January 16, 2019, marks the third anniversary of the implementation of the Iranian nuclear deal (JCPOA). On this occasion, France reaffirms its full support for the JCPOA.

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17 December 2018

CTBTO: beginning of the operational test phase of the SPALAX-NG

Profiting from more than 12 years of operation of the SPALAX system (among other example, in the context of the6 DPRK nuclear tests or the Fukushima crisis), France launched, in 2012, as other countries did, the development (...)
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13 November 2018

CTBTO : 51st session of the preparatory commission (7 - 9 November 2018)

51st session of the CTBTO preparatory commission, during which States Signatories discussed onre ports from subsidiary bodies and adopted the budget update proposal along with several appointments.
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28 September 2018

73rd UNGA – "Friends of the Comprehensive nuclear Test Ban Treaty" Ministerial Statement

In the margin of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly, the 6 States of the informal group called the « Friends of the CTBT » organized an event to support the entry into force of the Treaty and the action of the Provisional (...)
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11 September 2018

CTBTO – 51st Working Group B session

From 27 August till 7 September 2018, technical experts from more than 80 State Signatories of the Comprehensive nuclear Test Ban Treaty have gathered in Vienna to discuss on the technical activities implemented during the (...)
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29 August 2018

International day against Nuclear Tests

On 29 August is celebrated the International day against Nuclear Tests. Since its decision to completely stop nuclear test on 29 January 1996, France has ratified the Comprehensive nuclear Test Ban Treaty, completely (...)
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