MOSCOW September 20 (RIA Novosti)- The principal objective of a New York conference on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is to "facilitate the CTBT's entry into force and make it universal," the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
The ministry said the conference, which will run from September 21 to 23, would address the complicated situation surrounding the Treaty, and approve measures to ensure it enters into force as soon as possible.
The core provision of the document, which was opened for signing on Sept. 24, 1996, is that each signatory state undertakes not to conduct any nuclear tests or any other nuclear explosions.
Furthermore, the signatories are obligated to ban and prevent any nuclear explosions at any place under their control or jurisdiction.
More than 60 States, including the Russian Federation, have ratified the Treaty.
