2019 Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty United Nations, New York
Date and Time
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Article XIV Session 10:00 - 18:00 (EST/GMT -4)
Conference Stream Part 1
Kaltura
Conference Stream Part 2
Kaltura
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Statements
| State | Speaker |
|---|---|
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Document
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HE Dr. Lassina Zerbo Executive Secretary |
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Slovenia Document
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HE Mr. Miro Cerar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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North Macedonia Document
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HE Mr. Nikola Dimitrov Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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Canada |
Mr Dan Costello Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Affairs, Global Affairs Canada |
| Bulgaria | HE Ms. Ekaterina Zaharieva Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Austria | HE Mr. Andreas Riecken Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs and the European Union at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs |
| Slovakia | HE Mr. Miroslav Lajčák Minister of Foreign and European Affairs |
| HE Ms Federica Mogherini High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the Commission |
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| Norway | HE Mr Jens Frølich Holte State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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China |
HE Mr. Fu Cong Director-General of the Department of Arm Control of Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Belgium | Mr. Bruno Van der Pluijm Secretary General a.i. of the Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation |
| Pacific Island forum | TBA |
| Kingdom of Morocco | Mr. Redouane Houssaini Director General of the United Nations and International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation |
| Italy | HE Ms. Emanuela Del Re Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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Russian Federation |
HE Mr. Sergey Lavrov Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Malaysia | HE Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob Secretary-General Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Japan | HE Mr Toshimitsu Motegi Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| The Philippines | HE Mr. Enrique A. Manalo Undersecretary for Policy, Department of Foreign Affairs |
| Kazakhstan | HE Mr. Mukhtar Tileuberdi Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Germany Co-Presidency of the Conference |
HE Heiko Maas Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Kyrgyzstan | HE Mr. Chingiz Aidarbekov Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| The Netherlands | HE Mr. Stef Blok Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Conference Material
- Draft Rules of Procedure
( PDF ) Arabic | Chinese | French Russian | Spanish - Draft Final Declaration and Measures to Promote the Entry into Force of the CTBT
( PDF ) Arabic | Chinese | French Russian | Spanis - Information for participants
( PDF )
Note by the Secretariat: Corrigendum 1
( PDF ) - Draft Provisional Agenda
( PDF ) Arabic | Chinese | French Russian | Spanish - Progress Report on the Co-Presidency by Belgium and Iraq from September 2017 to September 2019
( PDF ) - Background Document
( PDF ) Arabic | Chinese | French Russian | Spanish - Information for non-governmental organizations
( PDF ) - Activities undertaken by Signatory and Ratifying States under Measure (K) of the Final Declaration of the 2017 Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Treaty in the Period June 2017 - May 2019
( PDF ) - Invitation letters by the Secretary General to all States to attend the Eleventh Article XIV Conference 25 September 2019, New York
( PDF ) - Procedural and Organizational Matters
( PDF ) - List of Non-Governmental Organizations
( PDF ) - Report of the Conference
( PDF ) Arabic | Chinese | French | Russian | Spanish
Corrigendum 1 ( PDF )
Corrigendum 2 ( PDF )
About
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) contains a special mechanism to promote its entry into force – a conference designed to facilitate this objective takes place every other year. While its official designation is the Conference on Facilitating Entry into Force of the CTBT, it is more commonly known as the “Article XIV conference” in accordance with the relevant Treaty article. The eleventh Article XIV conference will take place on 25 September 2019 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, USA.
