Cooperative Security, Arms Control and Disarmament Policy Brief No.109
Stop Muddying the Waters on the Appointment of the Executive Secretary of the CTBTO
Tariq Rauf
May 14, 2021
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
This Policy Brief examines the controversy surrounding the election of the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). For the better part of a year, diplomats from more than 180 countries have been feuding over this appointment. Together with the IAEA, the CTBTO contributes to preventing further proliferation of nuclear weapons and furthering nuclear disarmament. It is too important an organisation to be left to the whims of feuding States or quarrelling diplomats.