Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 13. januar 2012 / Time Line January 13, 2012
Version 3.512. Januar 2012, 14. Januar 2012
01/13/2012
Guatemala Ratifies Test Ban
Treaty 
CTBCO preparatory commission for the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban
treaty organization
Guatemala has
reaffirmed its long-standing support for the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) by ratifying the Treaty. The number
of ratifications now stands at 156; while a total of 182 States
have signed the Treaty. The instrument of ratification was handed
over personally by Foreign Minister Haroldo Rodas Melgar at a
ceremony at the United Nations in New York yesterday afternoon.
The region of Latin America and the Caribbean was the first in the
world to establish a nuclear-weapon-free zone with the Treaty of
Tlatelolco in 1967. “Guatemala’s ratification of the
CTBT is a boost for the Treaty of Tlatelolco, which will soon
celebrate 10 years of being the world’s first
nuclear-weapon-free zone to include all countries in the
region,” noted Tibor Tóth, adding: “This bodes
well for the CTBT.” Among the 33 States in the Latin America
and the Caribbean region, 31 have now ratified the CTBT; Cuba and
Dominica being the only countries that have not yet signed or
ratified.
The CTBT can only enter into force after it has been ratified by
the eight remaining nuclear technology holder countries: China, the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Egypt, India, Iran,
Israel, Pakistan and the United States. The Indonesian parliament
took the decision to ratify the CTBT on 6 December 2011.
The CTBT bans all nuclear explosions everywhere, by everyone. The
CTBTO is building an International Monitoring System (IMS) to make
sure that no nuclear explosion goes undetected. There are currently
over 280 facilities in 85 countries, including 35 in the Latin
America and the Caribbean region. Guatemala hosts an operational
IMS seismic station in El Apazote in central Guatemala. Seismic
stations monitor the ground for shockwaves generated by nuclear
explosions.
01/13/2012
U.S. Department of Labor : DOL Notifies Workers of 17 Facilities Associated with Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act about Potential Eligibility under EEOICPA.
'WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor is notifying former workers of 17 facilities associated with the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act about compensation and medical benefits potentially available to them under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, which is administered by the department's Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation. Survivors of qualified workers also may be entitled to benefits.'
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