...obligations of the CTBT are stated in Article I of the treaty text as follows: 1. Each State Party undertakes not to carry out any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion, and to prohibit and prevent any such nuclear explosion at any place under its jurisdiction or control....

...longest-sought, hardest-fought prize in the history of arms control."12 The treaty requires each state party not to "carry out any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion," thus prohibiting tests — including peaceful nuclear explosions — in any element (eg, underground,...

...contamination of man's environment by radioactive substances, Have agreed as follows: ARTICLE I 1. Each of the Parties to this Treaty undertakes to prohibit,...explosion, at any place under its jurisdiction or control: (a) in the atmosphere; beyond its limits, including outer space; or under water, including territorial...

...the contamination of man's environment by radioactive substances. Have agreed as follows: Art. I. 1. Each of the Parties to this Treaty undertakes to prohibit,...explosion, at any place under its jurisdiction or control: (a) in the atmosphere; beyond its limits, including outer space; or under water, including territorial...

...signatories deposited their instruments of ratification. In Article I, parties to the treaty undertake "not to carry out any nuclear weapon test explosion, or any other nuclear explosion," in the atmosphere, under water, or in outer space, or in any other environment if the explosion would...

...amendments were adopted.229 The 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ( 1996 CTBT) commits parties 'not to carry out any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion, and to prohibit and prevent any such nuclear explosion at any place under its jurisdiction or control',...

...with its two annexes. Article I, Basic Obligations, reads as follows: 1 . Each State Party undertakes not to carry out any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion, and to prohibit and prevent any such nuclear explosion at any place under its jurisdiction or control....

...or in outer space. Each signatory in this fashion verified whether the other was honoring its pledge "to prohibit, to prevent, and not to carry out any nuclear weapon explosion, or any other nuclear explosion, at any place under its jurisdiction or control," whether...

...contamination of man's environment by radioactive substances, Have agreed as follows: Article I 1. Each of the Parties to this Treaty undertakes to prohibit,...explosion, at any place under its jurisdiction or control: (a) in the atmosphere; beyond its limits, including outer space; or underwater, including territorial...

...by the United Nations General Assembly on September 10, 1996. It commits the parties to the treaty "not to carry out any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion." It was signed by all the NWSs when it was opened for signature on September 24, 1996, as well as by...