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AXWORTHY WELCOMES PASSAGE OF COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY RESOLUTION
September 10, 1996 No. 158
AXWORTHY WELCOMES PASSAGE OF
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY RESOLUTION
Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy today welcomed the passage in New York of the
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution adopting the Comprehensive Test
Ban Treaty (CTBT).
"Canada is very pleased by this news. Through the perseverance and commitment of
the overwhelming majority of the international community, we now have a worldwide
treaty which will ban nuclear test explosions for all times," said Mr. Axworthy.
Canada has been working with a group of countries, led by Australia, to secure the
approval by the UNGA of the draft CTBT after negotiations on the text were stalled
at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
During the week of September 23, Mr. Axworthy will participate in the 51st session
of the UNGA. "I look forward to signing the CTBT while in New York, in fulfilment
of this long-standing Canadian foreign policy objective," said the Minister.
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