GEM Meeting in Korea

CTBT Group of Eminent Persons meeting 25-26 June 2015, in Seoul, Korea
In order to avoid further endangering peace in Northeast Asia, the DPRK is urged to sign and ratify the Treaty and refrain from undertaking any further tests.

ROK Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se with former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane

CTBTO Executive Secretary Zerbo meets with Ambassador Joonkook Hwang Special Representative for Korean Peninsular Peace and Security Affairs.

Wolfgang Hoffman, former CTBTO Executive Secretary

Sérgio de Queiroz Duarte, former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs with Wolfgang Hoffman, former CTBTO Executive Secretary and and Sha Zukang, former UN Under-Secretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
...nineteen years on, the CTBT has yet to become law. It still remains a “sleeping beauty,” bidding its time to wield its great potential.

Hans Blix, former IAEA Director General and Des Brown former UK Secretary of Defence and Vice-Chair of the Nuclear Threat Initiative

CTBTO Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo addressing the meeting

Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, with Rachmat Budiman, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations (Vienna), Wolfgang Hoffman, former CTBTO Executive Secretary and Sha Zukang, former UN Under-Secretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
I believe that any future talks regarding the de-nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula should also focus on ceasing nuclear testing as a first step.

Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo addressing the media in the Korean Demilitarized Zone
Related media reports
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Rough Translation from Korean: Notable in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation: “North should refrain from nuclear testing”
N.K. escalates threats over Seoul rights office, Yun urges Pyongyang to learn from Iran on nukes (The Korea Herald)
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Rough Translation from Japanese: CTBT Eminent Persons Group adopts “Seoul Declaration” today
25 Jun 2015