Chinese envoy pledges efforts to bring CTBT into force

Source: Xinhua| 2021-09-28 06:25:54|Editor: huaxia

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese envoy on Monday pledged that China will continue to contribute to the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).

The CTBT is an important milestone in humanity's quest for a world free of nuclear weapons. In the 25 years since opening for signature, the CTBT has made significant contributions to curtailing the nuclear arms race, mitigating the risk of nuclear war and maintaining international peace and security, said Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations.

"This treaty has become a major pillar of the international nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation architecture. The volatile and challenging dynamics of international strategic security and stability that we are seeing today highlight the importance of the CTBT," he told the Security Council.

China was among the first signatories of the CTBT and has conducted the least number of nuclear tests among all nuclear-weapon states. Since announcing a nuclear test moratorium in 1996, the Chinese government has scrupulously upheld the moratorium and has never wavered in its support for the treaty at the political level, he said.

"In its own way, China has made its due contributions to the entry into force of the treaty, to the preparations for its implementation, and to international cooperation on the treaty. I would like to reiterate that China will not become an obstacle to the entry into force of the CTBT," he said.

Come what may in the shifting international political climate, China will remain staunchly committed to safeguarding multilateralism, maintaining international peace and security and preserving the international nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime. China will continue to work with all the other parties to continuously consolidate the international consensus on a nuclear test ban, contribute to bringing the treaty into force, and make unremitting efforts toward the noble goal of the complete prohibition and total destruction of nuclear weapons at an early date, said Zhang. Enditem

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