Japan’s Nomination for Co-President of the Conference on Facilitating the Entry Into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty (CTBT)
2015/2/24
(Unofficial translation)
On Monday, 23 February in local time, at the Comprehensive-Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna, Japan together with Kazakhstan was nominated to become Co-President of the Conference on Facilitating the Entry Into Force of the CTBT. In response, Japan together with Kazakhstan, will serve as chair of the 9th Conference on Facilitating the Entry Into Force of the CTBT (in late September (TBD) in New York). Also, Japan will serve as one of the Co-Coordinators for Facilitating the Entry Into Force of the CTBT for two years after the Conference.
This year marks the 70th year after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As the only country that has ever suffered from atomic bombs, Japan will lead the realistic and practical efforts in the international community toward the realization of a world free of nuclear weapons, including efforts towards achieving the early entry into force of the CTBT.
Japan’s Nomination for Co-President of the Conference on Facilitating the
Entry Into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty (CTBT)
On Monday, 23 February in local time, at the Comprehensive-Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna, Japan together with Kazakhstan was nominated to become Co-President of the Conference on Facilitating the Entry Into Force of the CTBT. In response, Japan together with Kazakhstan, will serve as chair of the 9th Conference on Facilitating the Entry Into Force of the CTBT (in late September (TBD) in New York). Also, Japan will serve as one of the Co-Coordinators for Facilitating the Entry Into Force of the CTBT for two years after the Conference.
This year marks the 70th year after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As the only country that has ever suffered from atomic bombs, Japan will lead the realistic and practical efforts in the international community toward the realization of a world free of nuclear weapons, including efforts towards achieving the early entry into force of the CTBT.