§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which states which are parties to the Partial Test Ban Treaty have not(a) signed and (b) ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. [92754]
§ Mr. Tony LloydThose states which are parties to the Partial Test Ban Treaty but have neither signed nor ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty are: Afghanistan, Botswana, Bahamas, Central African Republic, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Gambia, India, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tonga and Trinidad and Tobago.
Those states which are parties to the Partial Test Ban Treaty but have signed but not ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty are: Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Burma, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Western Samoa and Zambia.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps Her Majesty's Government have taken to encourage the entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. [92758]
§ Mr. Tony LloydWe continue to urge those states which have not yet ratified the treaty to do so as soon as possible—in particular those whose ratification is essential for it to enter into force.
Britain has played a leading role in preparing for a Special Conference of states that have ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty this October in Vienna, to consider ways of accelerating the process of bringing the treaty into force.