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For the first time ever, it may be that establishing an international ban on the testing of nuclear weapons is within reach, experts say. Plans for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) state that all explosions involving nuclear weapons, be they for civilian or military purposes, are to be banned. The negotiations, which will take place in New York later this week, are bound to be reinvigorated by the return of the United States to the table, and also by President Barack Obama's strong commitment to the cause. Additionally, with the completion of the world's first global nuclear-monitoring network, momentum is again in favor of signing the treaty, Nature News reports. “This will be a different kind of event with the [United States] back at the table. I think we're as close to entry into force as we've ever been,” the Berlin-based representative of the Arms Control Association (ACA), Oliver Meier, says. The ACA is a non-profit group that analyzes international arm-!
control measures. The US will take part in the discussions for the first time in more than ten years. In spite of the fact that more than 149 countries have ratified the treaty, nations such as China, Israel, Iran, North Korea and the United States have yet to do so. The CTBT would essentially curb nuclear development once ...
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