2013 Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive-Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty United Nations, New York, USA
Conference date and time
Friday, 27 September 2013
Article XIV Session 10:00am - 18:00pm
Morning and afternoon sessions on video
Gallery of images
Statements
State | Speaker | |
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1 | United Nations [HTML Link] |
Mr. Ban Ki-moon United Nations Secretary-General |
2 | Indonesia [PDF] |
HE Mr. Marty M. Natalegawa Foreign Minister Co-President (AFC) |
3 | Hungary [PDF] |
HE Dr. Janos Martonyi Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Co-President (AFC) |
4 | Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization [PDF] |
HE Dr. Lassina Zerbro Executive Secretary |
5 | European Union (Lithuania, on behalf of) [PDF] |
HE Mr. Linas Linkevicius Minister of Foreign Affairs |
6 | Slovak Republic [PDF] |
HE Mr. Miroslav Lajcak Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs |
7 | Slovenia [PDF] |
HE Mr. Karl Erjavec Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs |
8 | Ireland [PDF] |
HE Mr Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore TD Tanaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade |
9 | Australia [PDF] |
HE Mr. Peter Woolcott Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva |
10 | Finland [PDF] |
HE Mr. Erkki Tuomioja Minister for Foreign Affairs |
11 | Burkina Faso [PDF - French] |
HE Mr. Djibrill Yipene Bassole Minister of Foreign Affairs |
12 | Kazakhstan [PDF] |
HE Mr. Erlan Idrissov Minister of Foreign Affairs |
13 | Norway [PDF] |
HE Mr. Espen Barth Eide Minister of Foreign Affairs |
14 | Japan [PDF] |
HE Mr. Fumio Kishida Minister of Foreign Affairs |
15 | Turkey [PDF] |
HE Mr. K. Nilvana Darama Deputy Director General for the OSCE, Arms Control and Disarmament to the Article XIV Conference. |
16 | Argentina [PDF] [Spanish] |
HE Mr. Hector Marcos Timerman Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship |
17 | United States [PDF] |
HE Ms. Rose E. Gottemoeller Acting Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security |
18 | Austria [PDF] |
HE Mr. Johannes Kyrle Ambassador, Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs |
19 | Germany [PDF] |
HE Ambassador Mr. Rolf Nikel Federal Government Commissioner for Arms Control and Disarmament German Foreign Office |
State | Speaker | |
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20 | Iraq [PDF] [Arabic] |
HE Mr. Hoshyar Zebari Minister of Foreign Affairs |
21 | Netherlands | HE Dr. Frans Timmermans Minister of Foreign Affairs |
22 | Romania [PDF] |
HE Mr. Titus Corlatean Minister for Foreign Affairs |
23 | Denmark [PDF] |
HE Mr. Villy Sovndal Minister for Foreign Affairs |
24 | Bangladesh [PDF] |
HE Dr. Dipu Moni, MP Minister of Foreign Affairs |
25 | Costa Rica [PDF] [Spanish] |
HE Mr. Enrique Castillo-Barrentes Minister of Foreign Affairs |
26 | Ukraine [PDF] |
HE Mr. Leonid Kozhara Minister for Foreign Affairs |
27 | Republic of Korea [PDF] |
HE Mr. Shin Dong-Ik Deputy Minister for Multilateral and Global Affairs |
28 | Morocco | HE Mr. Saad Dine El Otmani Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation |
29 | Algeria [PDF - French] |
HE Mr. Mourad Medelci Minister of Foreign Affairs |
30 | Trinidad and Tobago [PDF] |
HE Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development |
31 | Philippines [PDF] |
HE Mr. Evan P. Garcia Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
32 | Italy [PDF] |
HE Mr. Lapo Pistelli Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs |
33 | Spain [PDF] [Spanish] |
HE Mr. Gonzalo de Benito Secades Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs |
34 | Guatemala [PDF - Spanish] |
HE Mr. Carlos Raul Morales Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs |
35 | Canada [PDF] [French] |
HE Mr. Deepak Obhrai Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Human Rights |
36 | United Kingdom [PDF] |
HE Mr. Alistair Burt, MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
37 | Belarus [PDF] [Russian] |
HE Mr. Vladimir Makei Minister of Foreign Affairs |
38 | Nigeria [PDF] |
HE Dr. Martin Uhomoibhi Permanent Secretary, Ministery of Foreign Affairs |
39 | Libya [PDF - Arabic] |
HE Mr. Ibrahim O. Dabbashi Permanent Representative to the United Nations |
40 | Brazil [PDF] |
HE Mr Carlos Antonio Da Rocha Paranhos Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Ministry of External Relations |
41 | Switzerland | HE Mr. Benno Laggner Ambassador for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation |
42 | China [PDF] |
Mr. Pang Sen Director General Arms Control Department |
43 | New Zealand [PDF] |
HE Ms. Dell Higgie Ambassador for Disarmament |
44 | United Arab Emirates [PDF] |
HE Ambassador Hamad Al Kaabi Permanent Representative to the IAEA, Vienna |
45 | Qatar [PDF] [Arabic] |
HE Ambassador Youssef Bin Khalifa Al-Sada Head of the Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
46 | Liechtenstein [PDF] |
HE Ambassador Martin Frick Director of the Office of Foreign Affairs |
47 | Israel [PDF] |
HE Mr. David Roet Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations |
48 | Russian Federation [PDF] [Russian] |
Mr. Alexey Yu. Karpov Ambassador, Deputy Director, Department of Security Affairs and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
49 | Kyrgyz Republic [PDF - Russian] |
Mr. Nuran S. Niyazaliev Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations |
50 | South Africa [PDF] |
HE Ambassador Mabhogo Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations in Vienna |
51 | Egypt [PDF - Arabic] |
Mr. Amr Aljowaily Counselor, Mission New York |
52 | France [PDF] [French] |
HE Ambassador Marion Paradas Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in Vienna |
53 | Chile [PDF - Spanish] |
HE Ambassador Alfredo Garcia Director, Human Security and Disarmament |
54 | Malaysia [PDF] |
HE Ambassador Hussein Hanniff Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations |
55 | Angola [PDF] |
HE Mrs Maria de Jesus dos Reis Ferreira Permanent Representative of Angola to the United Nations in Vienna |
56 | Joint Statement on behalf of Non-Governmental Organizations [PDF] |
Mr. Jonathan Granoff Global Security Institute on behalf of NGOs |
Conference Material
- Final Declaration and measures
to promote the Entry Into Force
of the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty ( PDF ) - Draft Rules of Procedure ( PDF ) Arabic | Chinese | French Russian | Spanish
- Draft Provisional Agenda ( PDF ) Arabic | Chinese | French Russian | Spanish
- Information for Conference Participants
( PDF ) - Information for Conference Participants from NGOs ( PDF ) | NGO list ( PDF )
- Procedural and Organizational Matters ( PDF )
- Official background paper ( PDF ) | Corrigendum to background paper ( PDF ) Arabic | Chinese | French Russian | Spanish
- Member States’ activities to promote entry into force ( PDF )
About
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) contains a special mechanism to promote its entry into force – a conference designed to facilitate this objective takes place every other year. While its official designation is the Conference on Facilitating Entry into Force of the CTBT, it is more commonly known as the “Article XIV conference” in accordance with the relevant Treaty article. The eighth Article XIV conference will take place on 27 September 2013 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, USA.
Press Releases
30 September
Press Release - Foreign Ministers call for an end to all nuclear test explosions
27 September
Ban the Blast (The Hill) - Op-ed by the Presidents of the Conference
26 September:
Press Release - Iraq ratifies the CTBT |
24 September:
Press Release - Guinea-Bissau ratifies the CTBT