UN / INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST NUCLEAR TESTS

The International Day against Nuclear Tests highlights the efforts of the UN and a growing community of advocates, including member states, non-governmental organizations, academia and media in raising awareness of the importance of the nuclear test ban. (FILE)

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:03
• Production Date: 29 August 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY ORGANIZATION - CTBTO
• Subject Topical: NUCLEAR SCIENCE
• MAMS Id: U130829b

Description

STORY: UN / INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST NUCLEAR TESTS
TRT: 2.03
SOURCE: CTBTO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: FILE

Shotlist

FILE - 12 DECEMBER 2012, CTBTO HEADQUARTERS, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

1. Wide shot, Memorial Plaza at the UN Headquarters in Vienna with flags
2. Med shot, two technicians working at the CTBTO "CONTROL ROOM", the International Data Centre's Operations Centre
3. Close up, "CONTROL ROOM" door
4. Pan left, from monitor showing world map with monitoring stations to two technicians working in the control room.

FILE - 12 DECEMBER 2012, CTBTO HEADQUARTERS, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

5. Wide shot, two technicians working in the control room with monitors on the walls showing monitoring stations
6. Med shot, two technicians working
7. Med shot, radionuclide analyst analyzing spectra
8. Close up, pan from analyst to monitor with spectra

FILE - MAY 2010, FREYUNG, BAVARIAN FOREST, GERMANY

9. Wide shot, technician going inside the vault of a seismic monitoring station
10. Med shot, technician descending into the seismic monitoring station

FILE - APRIL 2012, SEISMIC STATION, YELLOW KNIFE, CANADA

11. Wide shot, Seismic monitoring station
12. Med shot, Engineer inside a seismic monitoring station

FILE - 12 DECEMBER 2012, CTBTO HEADQUARTERS, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

13. Wide shot, CTBTO radionuclide test station on the roof of the United Nations Headquarters in Vienna with maintenance engineer
14. Med shot, maintenance engineer opening CTBTO radionuclide station and loosening the fixing of the old filter
15. Various shots, maintenance engineer putting new filter into the CTBTO radionuclide station and closing it

22 APRIL 2013, CTBTO HEADQUARTERS, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

16. Close up, animation showing the forward modelling of the cloud passing over Japan

Storyline

The International Day against Nuclear Tests highlights the efforts of the UN and a growing community of advocates, including Member States, non-governmental organizations, academia and media in raising awareness of the importance of the nuclear test ban.

The General Assembly chose 29 August as the annual commemoration date since it marks the day in 1991 when Semipalatinsk, one of the largest test sites in the world and located in north-eastern Kazakhstan, was closed permanently.

With the aim of establishing a verifiable, permanent global ban on all types of nuclear explosive tests, the CTBT enjoys near-universal support but has yet to enter into force. The Secretary-General is the depositary of the treaty, which, as of today, has been signed by 183 States and ratified by 159.

In a message, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that the eight remaining States whose ratifications are necessary for the Treaty to enter into force have a special responsibility; none should wait for others to act first. In the meantime, all States should maintain or implement moratoria on nuclear explosions.”

The Day is being marked around the world with events to call attention to the dangers of nuclear test explosions, the threats posed to humans and the environment, and the need to ultimately eliminate all nuclear weapons and their testing.