Also following the 2004 tsunami, UNESCO-IOC and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) agreed to explore the potential of using data from the International Monitoring System (IMS) for tsunami warning purposes.

UNESCO: NATURAL SCIENCES

We will strive for the early entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

The US imposed economic and military sanctions on India (and Pakistan) when it carried out its nuclear test in May 1998, and has since pressed both countries to sign the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - but to no avail.

BBC: The US and India: Moving closer

The moratorium was one of a series of unilateral disarmament actions taken at that time, which included the 1993-94 legislation prohibiting design of low-yield nuclear weapons and the 1995-96 agreement on a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A Different Approach to the 2005 NPT Conference

Washington has been pushing to get both countries to freeze their respective nuclear programs and sign two treaties: the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.

CNN: A FAILURE AT THE TOP

First, ending the stalemates on the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

BBC: In full: Brown security statement

This accord, known as the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), is such a priority for the anti-nuclear crowd for a simple reason.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The "Genie-stuffers"

We led in concluding the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which will bring to life a decades-old dream of ending nuclear weapons testing.

CNN: Bill Clinton Speaks To A Meeting Of Newspaper Editors