Need for urgent progress stressed as UN marks International Day Against Nuclear Tests

United Nations, New York, 2 September 2011 - The current international moratorium on testing nuclear weapons, while respected by almost all States, should not delay the full implementation of the treaty calling for a comprehensive ban on such tests, two senior United Nations officials stressed today.
"I urge the international community to undertake all necessary efforts to achieve the universal adoption of the [Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban] Treaty and pursue all necessary ratifications for it," said Joseph Deiss, the President of the General Assembly.

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[michael1618034]

@KEVLANEW80 Sorry, but you don't know much. A ten megaton bomb most certainly cannot be made from chemicals.

[TrickyEmu]

@KEVLANEW80 Not true. Chemicals are heavily regulated. Try to find chemicals.

[vthilton]

World sharing, justice and peace will change this planet for the good of all.

[KEVLANEW80]

THAT SAD THING ABOUT THE ATOMIC BOMB IS THAT YES IT IS THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE BOMB, BUT YOU CAN MAKE A CHEMICAL BOMB THAT CAN BE JUST AS DEVASTATING WITHOUT THE PUNCH AND THAT IS WHAT IS MORE FRIGHTENING.