Thailand's ratification of nuke test ban treaty welcomed

The preparatory commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty on Friday welcomed the recent ratification of the pact by Thailand and a new signing by the Polynesian island nation of Tuvalu.Bangkok, which ratified the treaty in September, became the 167th state to do so. This also marked the ratification of the pact by all 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.ASEAN has a separate accord called the Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, in effect since 1997, which declares Southeast Asia a nuclear weapon-free zone and asks the five recognized nuclear po…READ FULL ARTICLE