Saint Kitts and Nevis ratifies Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Vienna, 3 May 2005: Saint Kitts and Nevis has deposited its instrument of ratification of the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) with the United Nations Secretary-General on 27 April 2005, bringing the total number of
ratifications to 121. The number of ratifying States in the Latin America and the Caribbean geographical region now
stands at 21.
The CTBT bans all nuclear weapons test explosions. Drafted at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, and adopted by
the General Assembly on 10 September 1996, the Treaty was opened for signature on 24 September 1996 at the Untied
Nations headquarters in New York.
To enter into force, the CTBT must be singed and ratified by the 44 States listed in Annex 2 to the Treaty. These
States formally participated in the work of the 1996 session of the Conference on Disarmament and possessed nuclear
power or research reactors at that time. To date, 33 of the Annex 2 States have ratified the Treaty.
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A total 175 States have so far signed the Treaty. The 121 States that have deposited their instruments of ratification
of the CTBT are Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria*, Argentina*, Australia*, Austria*, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh*,
Belarus, Belgium*, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil*, Bulgaria*, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada*, Chile*, Costa
Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo*, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland*, France*, Gabon, Georgia, Germany*, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Holy See, Honduras,
Hungary*, Iceland, Ireland, Italy*, Jamaica, Japan*, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Mali,
Malta, Mauritania, Mexico*, Micronesia (Federated States of), Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands*,
New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway*, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru*, Philippines, Poland*, Portugal, Qatar,
Republic of Korea*, Romania*, Russian Federation*, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, San Marino,
Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia*, Slovenia, South Africa*, Spain*, Sudan,
Sweden*, Switzerland*, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey*, Turkmenistan,
Uganda, Ukraine*, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland*, United Republic of
Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Venezuela.
* States whose ratification is required for entry into force.