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International Day Against Nuclear Tests – August 29
August 30 , 2018
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- The 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared 29 August the International Day against Nuclear Tests.
- 2010 marked the inaugural commemoration of the International Day against Nuclear Tests
- The main mechanism for eradicating nuclear weapons testing is the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
- It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 September 1996.
- To date, 183 countries have signed the treaty and 166 have ratified it.
- After CTBT was opened for signature in September 1996, 10 nuclear tests have been conducted:
- India conducted two tests in 1998 (India had also conducted one so-called peaceful nuclear explosion in 1974.)
- Pakistan conducted two tests in 1998.
- The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea conducted nuclear tests in 2006,2009, 2013 and 2016.
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