Multiple choice

Which of the following countries recently signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and became the 179th country to do the same?

  1. India

  2. Pakistan

  3. Sudan

  4. Iraq

  5. None of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Iraq signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), becoming the 179th country to do so. The CTBT, adopted by the UN in 1996, bans all nuclear explosions for both civilian and military purposes. India and Pakistan have not signed the CTBT, though they observe unilateral moratoriums on testing. Sudan has also not signed.

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