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<p>The Government does not believe the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
(TPNW) will bring us closer to a world without nuclear weapons. The UK will not sign
or engage with the Treaty. The Government firmly believes that the best way to achieve
our collective goal of a world without nuclear weapons is through gradual multilateral
disarmament negotiated using a step-by-step approach, under the framework of the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).</p><p>The effects and consequences of nuclear testing
are not part of the NPT. The Treaty related to the cessation of nuclear testing is
the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The UK has had a moratorium on nuclear testing
since 1991, and was one of the first to sign and ratify the CTBT in 1998. We call
on all States who are yet to ratify the CTBT to do so as soon as possible, so that
it can enter into force.</p>
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