Tunisia Ratifies Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty

[Englander]

Friday September 24, 2004 3:01 PM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4511976,00.html

>>VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Tunisia has ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty,
bringing to 117 the number of nations that have endorsed the pact,
the Vienna-based treaty organization said Friday

>>The accord still has not come into effect, however,
because all 44 nations with nuclear power or research facilities
listed in an annex must sign and ratify it. So far, only 32 of them have done so.

>>The United States is among the holdouts, along with China, Colombia, Congo,
Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and Vietnam.<<