Cessation of Nuclear-Weapon tests

The question of the complete prohibition of all nuclear-weapon tests has been continuously and actively discussed in the United Nations since the mid-1950s under various titles. In 1963, agreement was reached on a Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water known as the partial test-ban Treaty, but since that time many nuclear tests have been carried out underground, while the two nuclear Powers not parties to the partial test-ban Treaty (China and France) continued to carry out nuclear-weapon tests in the atmosphere. In 1974, France announced that it would continue its programme of underground testing, and that it had already taken steps to do so as early as 1975.

Related Subject(s): Disarmament