What is the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)?

On September 10, 1996, the United Nations General Assembly voted 158-3 to approve a treaty prohibiting all nuclear tests. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty has been signed by 130 nations - including the United States. President Clinton Clinton signed the agreement on September 24, 1996.

General Information on the CTBT

• Text, Annexes, and Signatories of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

• United Nations
  • Disarmament

• The Prepatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization

• US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

• The Department of Energy
  • Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research & Engineering Program

• The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Site from the Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers

Publications

• Reports from the Office of Technology Assessment
  
  These reports are now available from The OTA Legacy, an archive site hosted by The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
  • Seismic Verification of Nuclear Testing Treaties Executive Summary (PDF ~937K)
  • Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions Executive Summary (PDF ~60K)

• IRIS publication on the CTBT