2024: Eleventh Ministerial Meeting

New York, 24 September 2024

Foreign Ministers, high-level government officials met in New York during he 79th session of the UN General Assembly for the 11th ministerial meeting to promote the CTBT’s entry into force.  

List of Speakers: 11th CTBT Ministerial Meeting - Tuesday, 24 Sept. 2024

 State/ChairSpeaker
1Opening Remarks 
 AustraliaH.E. Penelope Wong,
Foreign Minister
2Keynote Statements 
 Australia H.E. Penelope Wong,
Foreign Minister
 United NationsH.E. Izumi Nakamitsu,
Under-Secretary General  and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs 
 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
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Dr. Robert Floyd,
CTBTO Executive Secretary
3Statements by CTBT Friends and invited guest speakers 
 Papua New Guinea H.E. Mr Justin Tkatchenko,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
 Germany H.E. Mr Tobias Lindner, 
Minister of State 
 Canada H.E. Mr David Angell, 
Political Director and Assistant Deputy Minister 
 The Netherlands H.E. Mr Marcel de Vink, 
Vice Foreign Minister 
 Finland H.E. Ms Outi Holopainen,
Undersecretary of State for Foreign and Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland 
 Japan H.E. Mr Kimitake Nakamura, 
Director-General of Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
 Indonesia H.E. Mr Tri Tharyat, 
Director General for Multilateral Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
 Sri Lanka H.E. Mr Peter Mohan Maithri Pieris, 
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations 
 Norway 
(Article XIV Co-Chairing Country) 
H.E. Tor Henrik Andersen,
Minister Counsellor 
3Adoption of the Joint Statement and closing statement 
 AustraliaH.E. Penelope Wong,
Foreign Minister
 Joint Statement
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Flickr Album: 11th Meeting of the Friends of the CTBT

11th Meeting of the Friends of the CTBT