UN / DISARMAMENT

Addressing the press today, head of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty organization Tibor Toth said "there is a strong chance that Indonesia will soon ratify." Indonesia is one of the nine States together with China, the United Sates, Iran and North Korea that needs to ratify the treaty in order for it to come into force. UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:32
• Production Date: 23 September 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY ORGANIZATION - CTBTO
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• MAMS Id: U110923f

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STORY: UN / DISARMAMENT
TRT: 1:32
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 23 SEPTEMBER 2011, UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

Shotlist

RECENT - UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior UN headquarters
2. Cutaway, press

23 SEPTEMBER 2011, UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations:
“I view the entry into force of the CTBT not as an end in itself but as vital building block to bring in the rule of law to disarmament. There is much work to do in achieving disarmament and there is no substitute for treaties in assuring that commitments are binding.”

RECENT - UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY

4. Cutaway, press

23 SEPTEMBER 2011, UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Carl Bildt, Foreign Minister, Sweden:
“We will concentrate particularly on the remaining article nine states that we mentioned them in particular that need to ratify for the treaty to come into force. It’s China; it’s Egypt; it’s India; it’s Indonesia; it is Iran; it is Israel; it is North Korea; it is Pakistan and it is the United States. And I am hopeful and committed to making progress.”

RECENT - UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY

6. Cutaway, press

23 SEPTEMBER 2011, UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tibor Toth, Executive Secretary, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization:
“There is a strong chance that Indonesia will soon ratify which will open the way for Thailand and Brunei to ratify. That would leave the only country in the ASEAN region to make a choice - on which side Myanmar would like to be. And this is a self-selection and we would hope that Myanmar will be on the side that all the other ASEAN fellow countries are that is ratifying the treaty.”

RECENT - UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY

8. Cutaway, press

Storyline

Addressing the press today (23 Sept), head of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty organization Tibor Toth said “there is a strong chance that Indonesia will soon ratify.”

Toth’s press encounter followed the Seventh Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in New York. The meeting took place on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the treaty which is currently nine ratifications shy of entering into force.

Also addressing the press, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Sergio Duarte said the entry into force of the CTBT is not “an end in itself” but a vital building block” needed to bring in the rule of law to disarmament.

Out of a total listed number of 195 States, 182 have so far signed the CTBT and 155 have ratified it. For the treaty to enter into force ratification is required from the so-called Annex 2 States. Of these China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, and the United States have yet to ratify it.