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A/RES/50/245 GA

Comprehensive nuclear- test-ban treaty

50
Session
158
Yes
3
No
5
Abstentions
Draft symbol A/50/L.78
Adopted symbol A/RES/50/245
Category POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS
Voeten Topics ⓘ
Significance ★ Important vote US State Dept designation
Sponsors (2)
P5 Positions
Russia ✓ United States ✓ United Kingdom ✓ China ✓ France ✓
UN Document A/RES/50/245 ↗

Vote Recorded Vote — A/50/PV.125 Sept. 10, 1996

⚠ 2 surprising votes — countries whose ideal point predicts the opposite position.

— Abstain (5)
✗ No (3)
Absent (19)
✓ Yes (158)
Speeches following this vote (10) may include explanations of vote
The President
I shall now call on those representatives who wish to make statements in explanation of vote. May I remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Akram (Pakistan)
Pakistan’s views on the text of the comprehensive test-ban treaty (CTBT) contained in Pakistan has consistently supported the objective of a comprehensive nuclear-test ban as an essential step towards nuclear disarmament and as a means of promoting nuclear non-proliferation. Negotiations on the CTBT, especially during its final stages, have lacked transparency, and the text produced is not enti…
Mr. Pham Quang Vinh (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam voted in favour of the draft resolution contained in document A/50/L.78, by which the General Assembly has adopted a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty (CTBT) and thus opened it for signature. Viet Nam has consistently supported the comprehensive elimination of nuclear weapons and all positive measures towards that end. It has therefore been committed to the common objective of the e…
Mr. Nasseri (Islamic Republic of Iran)
Our positions on the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty (CTBT) were included in the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Nuclear Test Ban of the Conference on Disarmament and have been expressed here during this morning’s debate. In explanation of the vote, therefore, I shall briefly recall that the premature halting of negotiations at the Conference on Disarmament led to a situation where the…
Mr. Sha Zukang (China)
The Chinese delegation voted in favour of draft resolution A/50/L.78 on the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty (CTBT). The CTBT text contained in document A/50/1027 referred to in the resolution represents the result of two and a half years of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament and by and large reflects the realistic state of negotiations. It is therefore balanced in general. Howev…
Mr. Bakhit (Sudan)
Sudan voted in favour of the resolution by which the General Assembly adopted the comprehensive nuclear-testban treaty (CTBT), in particular because Sudan is convinced of the need to adopt internationally effective measures to ensure nuclear disarmament and to put an end to the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Sudan emphasizes the need to undertake sustained efforts to reduce arsenals of nuclear…
Mr. Muntasser (Libya)
The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya has always and in all international forums called for the complete elimination of weapons of mass destruction because of their highly destructive power and their effects, which cannot be limited to any place or time. My country believes that the text presented to us falls short of the aspiration of peoples to the complete and comprehensive elimination of all nuclear we…
The President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the vote.
Mrs. Albright (United States of America)
Today’s adoption by the General Assembly of a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty (CTBT) is a milestone in our transition from the cold-war era to a new and safer time. Today nations of every size and outlook from every continent, reflecting every culture and background, joined in support of a total ban on nuclear-test explosions and other nuclear explosions of any size, in any place, at any ti…
The President
May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 65?
Full text of resolution OCR extract — may contain errors
UNITED UNITED A NATIONS NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/50/245 17 September 1996 Fiftieth session Agenda item 65 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/50/L.78 and Add.1)] 50/245. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 50/65 of 12 December 1995, in which the Assembly declared its readiness to resume consideration of the item "Comprehensive test-ban treaty", as necessary, before its fifty-first session in order to endorse the text of a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty, 1. Adopts the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, as contained in document A/50/1027; 2. Requests the Secretary-General, as depositary of the Treaty, to open it for signature, at United Nations Headquarters, at the earliest possible date; 3. Calls upon all States to sign and, thereafter, according to their respective constitutional processes, to become parties to the Treaty at the earliest possible date; 4. Also requests the Secretary-General, as depositary of the Treaty, to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session on the status of signature and ratifications of the Treaty. 125th plenary meeting 10 September 1996 96-77407
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