We are observing a unilateral moratorium on further nuclear tests.

It was encouraged by the decision by India and Pakistan to impose a moratorium on further nuclear testing.

8. Moratorium

Bangladesh welcomed the resumption of dialogue between those two countries and their decision to impose a moratorium on further nuclear testing.

Step 2 Test moratorium

Encourages the international community to support the implementation of the moratorium on the importation, exportation and manufacture of small arms and light weapons in West Africa,2 and to extend further assistance in transforming the moratorium into a legally binding instrument

The Council may further wish to produce a naming and shaming list of individuals, corporations, groups and countries violating arms embargoes and the ECOWAS moratorium.

Israel has declared a moratorium on the exportation of anti personnel landmines and has recently extended it for a further three year period until 1999.

Moratorium on nuclear weapon test explosions

We also extended the moratorium indefinitely.

There was finally no official moratorium.

It was also proposed that UNIDIR do further research about the possibility of extending the moratorium to eastern Africa and introducing similar arrangements in Central America.

(c) To establish a moratorium on executions

3. Encourages the international community to support the implementation of the moratorium on the importation, exportation and manufacture of small arms and light weapons in West Africa,See A 53 763 S 1998 1194, annex. and to extend further assistance in transforming the moratorium into a legally binding instrument

Desirous of ensuring the success of the moratorium

62 149. Moratorium on the use of the death penalty

(f) Declaration of a general moratorium on the remaining debt

Sri Lanka and Indonesia have benefited from the tsunami debt moratorium.

As early as 1986, we declared a moratorium on nuclear testing.

It is also suggested that, as a further confidence building measure, there should be a moratorium on the testing of all kinds of weapons and on the deployment of weapons in outer space.

In our view the distinction between abolition and a moratorium is decisive.

Russia strictly observes the moratorium on the testing of anti satellite systems.

C. The declaration of the moratorium on small arms in western Africa

Russia has consistently adhered to the moratorium on testing of anti satellite systems.

In the meantime we trust that the nuclear test moratorium will be continued.

Until then, it was imperative to maintain the moratorium on nuclear test explosions.

We ourselves have a moratorium on the export of all anti personnel landmines.

Such a ban, or a moratorium, is already observed unilaterally by many countries.

(j) The Review Conference should encourage a moratorium on the production and use of highly enriched uranium, like the moratorium on the production of weapons grade material declared by certain nuclear weapon States.

Having ratified CTBT in 2002, her Government advocated a continued moratorium on nuclear tests.

In the meantime, all States should continue to abide by a moratorium on testing.

South Africa There is a moratorium on prosecution for not reporting for military service.

The Government of Pakistan has also today announced a unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing.

The moratorium is open to all African countries and is not a binding mechanism.

(d) To establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty

Other delegations opposed the adoption of a global moratorium, which they considered would be ineffective.

A moratorium would allow the reduction of unemployment, calm the situation and decrease social tension.

Those actions seriously call into question that State's commitment to the moratorium on nuclear testing.

67. His country had declared a moratorium on capital punishment that was being strictly observed.

In accordance with the latter, Governments should consider the imposition of a moratorium on executions.

It called upon China to join the moratorium on the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons already announced by the other nuclear weapon States, and for the nuclear capable States outside NPT to join that moratorium.

Accordingly, after concluding this limited testing programme, India announced a voluntary moratorium on further underground nuclear test explosions. We conveyed our willingness to move towards a de jure formalization of that obligation. In announcing a moratorium, India has already accepted the basic obligation of the CTBT. In 1996, India could not have accepted the obligation, as such a restraint would have eroded our capability and compromised our national security.

Pending the entry into force of the Treaty, the moratorium on all nuclear tests should continue.

We were observing a moratorium on exports of mines that did not meet the protocol's requirements.

As an interim measure, TRC also recommended a moratorium on and commutation of all death sentences.