For the fifth International Day against Nuclear Tests, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed voluntary moratoria on testing imposed by nuclear-armed states but stressed that these cannot substitute for a legally-binding treaty.
"The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is essential for the elimination of nuclear weapons," Mr. Ban said in a message. "It is a legally-binding, verifiable means by which to constrain the quantitative and qualitative development of nuclear weapons."
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