Selected Statements from the CTBTO

Date	Statements by Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary	PDF/VIDEO
2024
31 May 2024	Statement by the Executive Secretary Robert Floyd at the CTBTO regional workshop for State Signatories of the African region	[PDF]
18 March 2024	Statement by the Executive Secretary Robert Floyd at the Security Council Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation - New York, USA	[PDF] [VIDEO]
26 February 2024	Statement by the Executive Secretary Robert Floyd at the Conference on Disarmament - Geneva, Switzerland	[PDF]
2023
18 October 2023	Statement by the Executive Secretary Robert Floyd 18 October 2023	[PDF]
9 October 2023	Statement by the Executive Secretary Robert Floyd 9 October 2023	[PDF]
6 October 2023	Statement by the Executive Secretary Robert Floyd 6 October 2023	[PDF]
22 September 2023	Statement by the Executive Secretary Robert Floyd at the 13th Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the CTBT (Article XIV) Conference	[PDF]
29 August 2023	Statement by the Executive Secretary Robert Floyd at the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly to Commemorate and Promote the International Day against Nuclear Tests	[PDF]
29 August 2023	Joint Statement by H.E. Mr Murat Nurtleu, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Dr Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)	[PDF]
19 June 2023	Statement by the Executive Secretary Robert Floyd at the opening of the CTBTO Science and Technology Conference (SnT2023), Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria	[PDF]
2022
3 October 2022	Statement by the Executive Secretary Robert Floyd at the opening of the International Workshop on National Data Centres - Toledo Conference Centre “El Greco,” Spain	[PDF]
21 September 2022	Statement by the Executive Secretary Robert Floyd at the Tenth Ministerial Meeting of Friends of the CTBT	[PDF]
8 September 2022	Statement by the Executive Secretary, Robert Floyd at the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly to Commemorate and Promote the International Day against Nuclear Tests	[PDF]
29 August 2022	Joint Statement by H.E. Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Executive Secretary Robert Floyd	[PDF]
5 August 2022	Statement by the Executive Secretary Robert Floyd to the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)	[PDF]
1 March 2022	Statement by the Executive Secretary Robert Floyd at The Conference on Disarmament High-level Segment	[PDF]

Date	Statements by Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary	PDF
2020
23 Nov 2020	Statement by the Executive Secretary, Lassina Zerbo at the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly	[PDF]
2014
24 Sept 2014	Statement by the Executive Secretary, Lassina Zerbo at the 58th Regular Session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 24 September 2014	[PDF]
15 Sept 2014	Statement by the Executive Secretary, Lassina Zerbo commemorating the United Nations International Day Against Nuclear Testing, Washington D.C., 15 September 2014	[PDF]
14 Sept 2014	Statement by the Executive Secretary, Lassina Zerbo at the Forum for Nuclear Security, Stanford 14 September 2014	[PDF]
23 June 2014	Statement by the Executive Secretary, Lassina Zerbo at the G-77 50th Anniversary Commemorative Celebrations, Vienna, Austria, 23 June 2014	[PDF]
19 May 2014	Address by the Executive Secretary, Lassina Zerbo at the Regional Conference for South East Asia, the Pacific and Far East, Jakarta, Indonesia, 19 May 2014	[PDF]
29 April 2014	Address by the Executive Secretary, Lassina Zerbo at the 3rd Preparatory Committee for the 2015 NPT Review Conference, New York, 29 April 2014	[PDF]
17 March 2014	Keynote Speech by the Executive Secretary, Lassina Zerbro at the First Standing Committee (International Peace and Security) IPU Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland	[PDF]
2013
13 Dec 2013	Statement by the Executive Secretary, Lassina Zerbo, at the NDC Development Workshop in Africa on the use of IMS data and IDC products with emphasis on radioactive aerosol and noble gas observations	[PDF]
03 Dec 2013	Intervention by the Executive Secretary, Lassina Zerbo, at the Middle East Scientific Institute of Security in Jordan	[PDF]
02 Dec 2013	Opening remarks by the Executive Secretary, Lassina Zerbo, at the Host Country Training in Jordan	[PDF]
30 Oct 2013	Address by the Executive Secretary, Lassina Zerbo, at the National Seminar on the CTBT in Luanda, Angola	[PDF]
28 Oct 2013	Address by the Executive Secretary, Lassina Zerbo, at the Exhibitions “A Lesson in Peace: The History of Dismantling of Soviet Nuclear Weapons in Kazakhstan”, and “Looking for Peace”, a presentation of paintings by artist Karipbek Kuyukov, Honorary ATOM Project Ambassador	[PDF]

Date	Statements by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)	PDF
2019
30 May 2019	Media statement in response to media reports quoting remarks by U.S. Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley	[PDF]

Date	Statements on the CTBT	PDF
2015
17 Feb 2015	Statement by Mr Genxin Li, Director, Legal and External Relations Division, at the Handover Ceremony of the Chairmanship of the G-77 Vienna Chapter	[PDF]
2013
17 Jun 2013	Speech by Hans Blix, Former (FMR) Director General, IAEA at the Science and Technology 2013 Conference (SnT2013) in Vienna, Austria	[PDF]
2012
8 Aug 2012	Speech by CTBTO Spokesperson, Annika Thunborg, at the "Genbaku No Hi 2012" event to commemorate the victims of the atomic bombings, Vienna, Austria	[PDF]
8 Mar 2012	Remarks by Vorian Maryssael, Director of the International Monitoring System Division of the Preparatory Commission for the CTBTO, at the joint UN celebrations for the International Women's Day-8 March 2012, Vienna, Austria	[PDF]
2011
15 Nov 2011	Statement by Fredrik Löjdquist, Minister, Deputy Head of Mission of Sweden to the Preparatory Commission for the CTBTO at the opening of the Cross-regional workshop in Istanbul	[PDF]
28 Mar 2011	Statement by Annika Thunborg, Spokesperson at the CTBTO Preparatory Commission at the Permanent Council of the Organziation of American States (OAS)	[PDF]
25 Feb 2011	Statement by Annika Thunborg, Spokesperson and Head of Public Information at the 3rd ASEAN Regional Forum Inter-Sessional Meeting on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	[PDF]
13 Jan 2011	Joint Ministerial Statement on the CTBT	[PDF]
2010
4 Nov. 2010	Statement by Jean du Preez Chief, External Relations and International Cooperation at the First Conference of State Parties of the African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty	[PDF]
23 Sept. 2010	Remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Media after Ministerial Meeting in Support of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty	[PDF]
23 Sept. 2010	Joint Ministerial Statement on the CTBT	[PDF]
29 July 2010	Statement by Annika Thunborg, Spokesperson and Head of Public Information at the Hiroshima Conference for the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons by 2020	[PDF]
29 July 2010	Statement by Annika Thunborg, Spokesperson and Head of Public Information at the Hiroshima Conference for the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons by 2020	[PDF]
4 May 2010	Remarks by Mr. Michael Douglas, United Nations Messenger of Peace, on the occasion of the CTBT Exhibition “Putting an End to Nuclear Explosions	[PDF]
3 May 2010	Remarks by Dr. R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia on the occasion of the CTBT Exhibition “Putting an End to Nuclear Explosions”	[PDF]
30 April 2010	Statement by Mr Jean du Preez Chief, External Relations and International Cooperation at the Second Conference of State Parties and Signatories of Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zones	[PDF]
17 April 2010	Statement by Mr Jean du Preez, CTBTO Preparatory Commission's Chief of External Relations and International Cooperation as an observer at the International Disarmament and Non-proliferation Conference	[PDF]
2008
24 Sept. 2008	Joint Ministerial Statement on the CTBT	[PDF]
2006
20 Sept. 2006	Joint Ministerial Statement on the CTBT	[PDF]
2004
23 Sept. 2004	Joint Ministerial Statement on the CTBT	[PDF]
2002
14 Sept. 2002	Joint Ministerial Statement on the CTBT	[PDF]
14 Sept. 2002	Statement by Mr. Dhanapala on the occasion of the launching of the joint Ministerial statement on the CTBT	[PDF]

Date	Statements by Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary Emeritus (2005 - 2013)	PDF
2013
23 Apr. 2013	Address by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the 2nd Preparatory Committee for the 2015 NPT Review Conference, Geneva, Switzerland	[PDF]
9 Jan. 2013	Address by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the ACUNS Conference, Vienna, Austria	[PDF]
2012
6 Sep. 2012	Statement by Executive Secretary Tibor Tóth at the UN General Assembly Session to commemorate the International Day against Nuclear Tests	[PDF]
3 Sep. 2012	Statement by Executive Secretary Tibor Tóth at the OPCW 15th Anniversary Event	[PDF]
10 Aug. 2012	Keynote speech by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the opening of the International Forum on Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education, Nagasaki, Japan	[PDF]
7 Aug. 2012	Address by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the University of Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan	[PDF]
3 May 2012	Statement by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the 2012 Preparatory Committee for the 2015 NPT Review Conference, Vienna, Austria	[PDF]
12 Mar. 2012	Remarks by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the joint UNOV Commemoration Ceremony of the Great Japan Earthquake, Vienna, Austria	[PDF]
8 Mar. 2012	Remarks by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the joint UNOV celebrations for the International Women's Day-8 March 2012, Vienna, Austria	[PDF]
17 Feb. 2012	Address by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the celebrations for CTBTO's 15th anniversary, Vienna, Austria	[PDF]
14 Feb. 2012	Address by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the Commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of the Signing of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, Mexico City, Mexico	[PDF]
11 Jan. 2012	Address by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the ACUNS Conference, Vienna, Austria	[PDF]
2011
6 Dec. 2011	Message by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting, Vilnius, Lithuania	[PDF]
15 Nov. 2011	Address by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the Istanbul Cross-Regional Workshop 'Role of the CTBT in Regional and Global Security'	[PDF]
12 Oct. 2011	Statement by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the Astana International Forum for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World	[PDF]
6 July 2011	Statement by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the EU Seminar to promote confidence building and in support of a process aimed at establishing a zone free of WMD and means of delivery in the Middle East	[PDF]
21 June 2011	Statement by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety	[PDF]
28 Feb 2011	Address by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth at ACUNS Conference on Connecting Academics and Practitioners	[PDF]
2010
13 Dec. 2010	Address by the Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly	[PDF]
1 Dec. 2010	Message from Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the CTBTO at the OSCE Summit, Astana, Kazakhstan.	[PDF]
13 Oct. 2010	Address by the CTBTO Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, at the UNGA First Committee	[PDF]
24 Sept. 2010	Address by Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the CTBTO at High Level Meeting on "Revitalizing the Work of the Conference on Disarmament and taking Forward Multilateral Disarmament Negotiations"	[PDF]
23 Sept. 2010	Address by Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the CTBTO at the fifth CTBT Ministerial Meeting	[PDF]
9 Aug. 2010	Statement by CTBTO Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, on the occasion of the Commemorative Ceremony Genbaku No Hi - Atomic Bomb Memorial Day	[PDF]
6 May 2010	Statement by Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission, on the ocassion of the 2010 NPT Review Conference	[PDF]
4 May 2010	Remarks by Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission, on the ocassion of the CTBT Exhibition “Putting an End to Nuclear Explosions	[PDF]
2009
17 Nov. 2009	Improvements of the Technical Capability of the Verification Regime Since 2000	[PDF]
16 Nov. 2009	Opening Statement of the Executive Secretary at the thirty-third session of the Preparatory Commission	[PDF]
6 May 2009	Address to the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 NPT Review Conference	[PDF]
2008
26-27 Feb. 2008	Towards a world free of nuclear weapons - The contribution of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty	[PDF]
26-27 Feb. 2008	Factsheet for Oslo Conference 26-27 Feb 2008	[PDF]
2007
17 Oct. 2007	Address to the First Committee	[PDF]
14 Feb. 2007	40th anniversary of Latin America and the Caribbean declaring itself a nuclear-weapon free zone	[PDF]
2006
20 Oct. 2006	Sixty-fist Session of the United Nations General Assembly	[PDF]
9 Oct. 2006	Statement concerning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's announcement of a Nuclear Test	[PDF]
6 Oct. 2006	Statement concerning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea’s declared intention to conduct a nuclear test	[PDF]
31 Aug. 2006	Statement on the occasion of the Scientific Symposium "CTBT: Synergies with Science, 1996 - 2006 and Beyond"	[PDF]

Date	Statements by the Chairman of the Preparatory Commission	PDF
2006
9 Oct. 2006	Statement of the Chairman of the Preparatory Commission, Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko, concerning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's announcement of a Nuclear Test	[PDF]
6 Oct. 2006	Statement of the Chairman of the Preparatory Commission, Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko, concerning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's declared intention of a Nuclear Test	[PDF]

Date	Statements by Wolfgang Hoffmann, Executive Secretary Emeritus (1996 - 2005)	PDF
2004
22 Sept. 2004	Forty-eighth Session Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference	[PDF]
2003
09 Oct. 2003	Fifty-eighth Session of The United Nations General Assembly	[PDF]
17 Sept. 2003	Forty-seventh Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference	[PDF]
2002
20 Nov. 2002	Fifty-seventh Session of The United Nations General Assembly	[PDF]
18 Sept. 2002	Forty-sixth Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference	[PDF]
2001
06 Dec. 2001	Fifty-sixth Session of The United Nations General Assembly	[PDF]
13 Sept. 2001	Forty-fifth Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference	[PDF]