United Nations A/RES/60/95 General Assembly Distr.: General 5 January 2006 Sixtieth session Agenda item 103 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 December 2005 [on the report of the First Committee (A/60/469)] 60/95. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty The General Assembly, Reiterating that the cessation of nuclear-weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions constitutes an effective nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation measure, and convinced that this is a meaningful step in the realization of a systematic process to achieve nuclear disarmament, Recalling that the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, adopted by its resolution 50/245 of 10 September 1996, was opened for signature on 24 September 1996, Stressing that a universal and effectively verifiable Comprehensive NuclearTest-Ban Treaty constitutes a fundamental instrument in the field of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, Encouraged by the signing of the Treaty by one hundred and seventy-six States, including forty-one of the forty-four needed for its entry into force, and welcoming the ratification of one hundred and twenty-five States, including thirtythree of the forty-four needed for its entry into force, among which there are three nuclear-weapon States, Recalling its resolution 59/109 of 3 December 2004, Welcoming the Final Declaration of the fourth Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, held in New York from 21 to 23 September 2005, 1 pursuant to article XIV of the Treaty, 1. Stresses the importance and urgency of signature and ratification, without delay and without conditions, to achieve the earliest entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty; Welcomes the contributions by the States signatories to the work of the 2. Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, in particular its efforts to ensure that the Treaty’s verification regime will be capable of meeting the verification requirements of the Treaty upon its entry into force, in accordance with article IV of the Treaty; _______________ 1 05-49330 CTBT-Art.XIV/2005/6, annex.