CTBTO (The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation) offered India an ‘Observer‘ status and an access to International Monitoring System (IMS) data.
CTBT is a global treaty that runs IMS which constantly monitors the Earth for nuclear explosions and shares evaluative findings with its member states.
CTBTO’s headquarters is in Vienna, Austria.
Currently, IMS has 337 facilities, located in 89 nations.
In 1996, CTBT was opened for signature after being adopted by the UN General Assembly.
India wants CTBT to have a clause on complete nuclear disarmament and didn’t yet sign the treaty as CTBT favours 5 nuclear weapon states, namely, China, US, Russia, France and UK.
Pakistan also did not sign the treaty but joined CTBTO as an observer.
About The Treaty
The 1996 CTBT bans all nuclear explosions.
All of the 44 countries listed in Annex 2 of the Treaty must ratify, before the CTBT can enter into force.
These 44 countries possessed nuclear power or research reactors when the CTBT was negotiated.
8 of the Annex 2 States have not yet ratified the treaty.
The member states are, namely, the People’s Republic of China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Republic of India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the State of Israel, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the United States of America.