CTBTO: Cuba and the Comoros have ratified the Treaty [fr]
Cuba (4 February) and the Union of the Comoros (19 February) have just ratified the Treaty, bringing it closer to universalisation with 185 States Signatories and 170 ratifying States.
Ratification of the CTBT by Cuba and the union of the Comoros
Cuba has signed and ratified the Comprehensive nuclear Test Ban Treaty on 4 February 2021. Ratification instruments have been presented to United Nations General Secretariat in New York, as depositary of the Treaty.
- Dépôt par l’ambassadeur Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta des instruments de ratification du TICE par Cuba auprès des Nations unies, à New York (D.R.)
- Dépôt par l’ambassadeur Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta des instruments de ratification du TICE par Cuba auprès des Nations unies, à New York (D.R.)
The Comoros have ratified the CTBT on 19 February, after having signed it on 12 December 1996. Inside the African Group (according to the definition of the regional group given by Treaty), there are now 51 States Signatories and 47 ratifying States.
On 22 February 2021, almost 25 years after the CTBT opening for signature, these two ratifications bring to 170 the number of ratifying States and 185 the number of States Signatories.
The CTBT entry into force still needs ratification by 8 States
According to the dispositions of the Treaty Article XIV, the CTBT will enter into force when the 8 following States (called Annex II States) will have ratified it: China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Pakistan and the United States.
The CTBT entry into force is a priority for France regarding nuclear disarmament.
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