CTBT RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
September 10, 1996
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 50/65 of 12 December 1995, in which the Assembly declared its readiness
to resume consideration of the item "Comprehensive test-ban treaty", as necessary, before its
fifty-first session in order to endorse the text of a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty,
1. Adopts the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, as contained in document A/50/1027;
2. Requests the Secretary-General, as depositary of the Treaty, to open it for signature, at United
Nations Headquarters, at the earliest possible date;
3. Calls upon all States to sign and, thereafter, according to their respective constitutional processes,
to become parties to the Treaty at the earliest possible date;
4. Also requests the Secretary-General, as depositary of the Treaty, to report to the General
Assembly at its fifty-second session on the status of signature and ratifications of the Treaty.