E.O. Amartey1
1Ghana Atomic Energy Commission
Abstract:
The CTBT like any other international agreement, require public knowledge of its existence for universal acceptance and promotion of its primary goal. For the CTBT to remain relevant to the next generation, there should be consistent effort at providing adequate information on the technical, scientific, legal and political aspects of the Treaty. Mindful of this fact, the CTBTO has a number of public educational resources available to increase the knowledge of the general public. These educational resources are to create understanding of the Treaty’s relevance and contribution to international peace and security thereby enhancing the nuclear test ban verification compliance as desired. The CTBTO also employ a couple of public web-portals such as Knowledge and Training Portal (KTP), CTBTO Youth Group (CYG), CTBTO on iTunes U for educational purposes. The CTBTO Youth Group platform is one of such useful platforms, that engages the next generation of nuclear explosion watchers and build their interest in the verification regime. It is now the turn of NDCs at the local level of individual State Signatories to publicize the Treaty and its verification regime as well as the continuous role it is playing in non-verification-related applications to mitigate disasters.
