{"id":5377,"date":"2026-08-30T03:44:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T03:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/?p=5377"},"modified":"2026-08-30T03:44:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T03:44:35","slug":"un-chief-says-nuclear-tests-shatter-trust-wants-global-test-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/?p=5377","title":{"rendered":"UN chief says nuclear tests &#8216;shatter trust,&#8217; wants global test ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday urged all nations possessing nuclear weapons to maintain existing pauses on testing and to formalise global bans on nuclear explosions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNuclear tests shatter trust, fuel a nuclear arms race &amp; betray every community still living with the legacy of past nuclear tests,\u201d Guterres wrote on US social media company X.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/antonioguterres\/status\/2093489054205739487?s=20\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=etribune&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2093489054205739487&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftribune.com.pk%2Fstory%2F2626369%2Fun-chief-says-nuclear-tests-shatter-trust-wants-global-test-ban&amp;sessionId=05cb80dc293475d0e651fe6d48598ef8f67861dc&amp;siteScreenName=etribune&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2093489054205739487\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He urged countries to bring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), a multilateral agreement intended to prohibit all nuclear detonations, into effect, while demanding a renewed commitment to ending the activities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-story-2\" data-google-query-id=\"CPSzgu63x5YDFTyoZgId8qUJaw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/11952262\/tribune-world-story-2_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/11952262\/tribune-world-story-2_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/11952262\/tribune-world-story-2_0\" width=\"442\" height=\"138\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"5\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The appeal followed an announcement from Russia on the training launch of a &#8220;nuclear-capable&#8221; intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2619101\/us-renews-strikes-on-iran-after-two-military-personnel-killed-by-iranian-attack\" rel=\"nofollow\">Iran decries US &#8216;terrorist&#8217; strike on nuclear power plant, warns of devastating response<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Russian Defence Ministry reported that the mobile solid-fuel missile was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a military spaceport in the northwestern Arkhangelsk region, and reached its designated target at the Kura training ground in the Far East Kamchatka region.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow confirmed that the launch was intended to confirm the \u201ctactical, technical, and flight characteristics of the missile system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the CTBT was adopted in 1996 to establish a legally binding global ban on all nuclear test explosions, it has not officially entered into full legal force because a subset of key nations has not ratified the treaty.<\/p>\n<p>The activation of the treaty remains contingent upon ratification by all &#8220;Annex 2&#8221; states, nations that possessed nuclear technology during the treaty&#8217;s negotiation. 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