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The parties to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) are the states that have signed and ratified the international agreement banning all nuclear explosions in all environments. If the treaty enters into force, these states will also be member states of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). States Signatories are Members of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission. On September 24, 1996, the CTBT was opened for signature. All five nuclear weapons states recognized under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty signed the treaty, with 66 other states following that day. Fiji became the first state to ratify the treaty on October 10, 1996. The treaty will come into force with the signature and ratification of all countries which participated in the 1996 Conference on Disarmament and possessed nuclear power or research reactors at that time, known in the treaty as Annex 2 states. Eight such states have not ratified the treaty: China, Egypt, Iran, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and the United States. (Full list...)