On the margins of the NPT Review Conference, in their capacity as co-chairs of the Conference on Facilitating Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), Hungary and Indonesia organized an informal discussion on 29 April 2015, to discuss the future of the CTBT, and ways to advance its entry into force.
The event concentrated on the universalization of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. The fact that the CTBT is not yet in force, 19 years after its adoption, has been clearly the cause for some of the frustration at the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The last two years have seen strong, valiant efforts, but relatively small results for universalization.
Hosting the event at the Hungarian Mission, H.E. Ambassador Katalin Bogyay Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations indicated that any visible progress on the CTBT front would also assist the future of the NPT process, while strong endorsement of CTBT by the NPT Review Conference can also help the CTBT process.
Hungary and Indonesia took over the chairmanship of the Conference on Facilitating Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty from Sweden and Mexico in 2011.
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