Lassina zerbo praised the act, telling permanent representative of japan, ambassador mitsuru kitano, this generous contribution will further buildup the international monitoring systems capacity to improve our radionuclide monitoring technology, which can conclusively establish whether a nuclear test. It is headed by the executive secretary, lassina zerbo from burkina faso. Learn about working at comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization ctbto. Lassina zerbo, idc director, for allo wing us to publish this research and for his support of the machine learning efforts at the idc, ronald chip br ogan and misrak fisseha for their anal. Ctbto executive secretary lassina zerbo meets car prime minister firmin ngrebada. The verification regime of the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty. Hannan hussain international security columnist cgtn. The ctbtos international monitoring system has found a wider mission than its creators ever foresaw. Arab, muslim delegates to gather in israel for nuke conference 100 representatives, some from states with no formal ties to jerusalem, expected for summit on banning nuclear testing. Medical isotope producers and the ctbto join forces to. Lassina zerbo executive secretary of the comprehensive.
He previously served as director of the organizations. Member states elect lassina zerbo as new ctbto head from. The preparatory commission for the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization with its headquarters in vienna is the international organization setting up the global verification system foreseen under the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty ctbt, which is the treaty banning any nuclearweapontest explosion or any other nuclear explosion. If you have more emissions than you anticipate, then you have a problem, says lassina zerbo, incoming executive. Hydroacoustic introduction of hydroacoustic processing 20.
In an interview with sputnik, executive secretary of the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization lassina zerbo spoke on the importance of the enactment of the nucleartestban treaty, the role of russia and the iran nuclear deal as well as the situation on the korean peninsula. Lassina zerbo from burkina faso has been selected from the five. The comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization ctbto is tasked. They can give advice on how to access our facilities and. Lassina zerbo is the executive secretary of the ctbto, a position which he assumed on 1 august 20.
Arab, muslim delegates to gather in israel for nuke conference. Following are excerpts from his statement at the xxv session of the general conference of the agency for the prohibition of nuclear weapons in latin america and the caribbean in mexico. Lassina zerbo, executive secretary, provisional technical secretariat for the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization, will connect science, diplomacy and world security to the case of the nucleartestban treaty. Two days after the disappearance of the plane, prior to the release of the report, the ctbto executive secretary lassina zerbo mentioned the possibility of infrasound detection at the united nations noon press briefing on 10 march 2014 in response to a question. Radionuclide station rn73, palmer station, antarctica. Procurement officer at comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization ctbto.
Dr lassina zerbo executive secretary staff from approximately 90 countries international. Lassina zerbo receives 2018 aaas award for science diplomacy. Lassina zerbo is the executive secretary of preparatory commission for the viennabased comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization. The new erecruitment software will allow you to better monitor the recruitment progress of each vacancy and create job alerts and notifications for your job search. Australia completes its monitoring stations in the. The comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization ctbto has opened up its stocks of personal protective equipment ppe to help support medical staff fighting covid19 in developing countries. Since 16 march 2020, more than 90% of the ctbto staff is working from home. The vienna international centre, austria, is home to the ctbto. Executive secretary lassina zerbo visit to france 1114 december 2017. His excellency lassina zerbo is the executive secretary of the ctbto, a position which he assumed on 1 august 20. This success has certainly to do with the colloquiums innovative approach which sets a unique framework for a frank, open and constructive dialogue on the pressing challenges of our world. Since the treaty is not yet in force, the organization is called the preparatory commission for the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization ctbto.
Zerbo and his team also worked to detect the missing mh370 malaysian airplane that went down in 2014. Treaty for it to enter into force see interactive map to do so without delay. Arora1, jeffrey given 2, elena tomuta, stuart russell1,3, spiro spiliopoulos. Lassina zerbo receives 2018 aaas award for science. Air force technical applications center, nucleartestban. Signing this ctbto pledge is consistent with our effort to minimize our waste footprint by virtue of our unique, nonuranium, nonfission processes which produce no real waste byproducts of consequence. Foreign minister fumio kishida receives a courtesy call from. Through regular capacity building workshops, the ctbto builds the expertise of developing countries, particularly in the use of monitoring data so that they can play an active role in ctbt verification. Vyacheslav bereza chatbot developer international chat. Preparatory commission for the comprehensive nucleartestban. Foreign minister fumio kishida receives a courtesy call. Mat wei, university of rhode island preliminary interferometric synthetic aperture radar insar observation of the north korea event.
Iaea board members hold straw poll on director general. Lassina zerbo the amman security colloquium and nuclear forum have become a major date on the global peace and security agenda. Potential contribution of the ctbto preparatory commission to. Nov 24, 2017 since the treaty is not yet in force, the organization is called the preparatory commission for the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization ctbto. On april 29, 2020, the online lectures of the executive secretary of the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization ctbto mr. Initial research 20092010 towards the development of a bayesian inference system to replace legacy software, ga 2. The executive secretary of the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization lassina zerbo talks to al jazeera about north korea, the collapsing iran nuclear deal, saudi arabias nuclear programme, indiapakistan tensions, a new nuclear arms race, and the global threat of nuclear war. I am honoured to be here with you and eagerly look forward to. Ctbto preparatory commission is an organization that bans the nuclear explosions and works for the disarmament of all the countries. The preparatory commission for the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization, ctbto preparatory commission or ctbto prep com is an international organization based in vienna, austria, that is tasked with preparing the activities of the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization ctbto. Status of the ctbt in the middle east click for interactive map. Skilled in c and python programming languages, software development. Infrasound station is49, tristan da cunha, united kingdom.
Speaking to the press shortly after the council voted on the resolution, lassina zerbo, the executive secretary of the viennabased ctbto, said the organisation welcomed any initiative that serves to strengthen the norm against nuclear testing. Ctbto executive secretary lassina zerbo the data and analysis results are made equally available to all states signatories. Site survey for auxiliary seismic station as74, wadi sarin, oman. Ctbto executive secretary lassina zerbo left side, centre at a meeting with representatives of the middle east scientific institute for security mesis 112077225.
I welcome the pledge of northstar medical radioisotopes, ctbto executive secretary lassina zerbo said. Monitoring nuclear weapons the nuke detectives technology. Ctbto scientific conferences, training and workshops system, ctnw. Nevertheless, the provisionnal technical secretariat has been able to maintain his capacities, with the support of the states signatories, to assure the adequate functionning of the internatnional monitoring system and of the international data centre. Comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization ctbto. Potential contribution of the ctbto preparatory commission. Fumio kishida, minister for foreign affairs, held a meeting at the ministry of foreign affairs with dr. It was founded in 1996, has over 260 staff from over 70 countries, and is based in vienna. Comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization is the statement of the united states to the ctbto preparatory commission.
Potential contribution of the ctbto preparatory commission to a tsunami alert service lassina zerbo director, international data centre division preparatory commission for the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization provisional technical secretariat vienna international centre p. Lassina zerbo were held in the international university of humanities and development in ashgabat. Lassina zerbo expressed confidence that the deal on tehrans nuclear program can promote the enactment of the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty ctbt and thus clear the world from nuclear weapons, despite the recent claim by the us administration. Japans largest ever voluntary contribution to the ctbto. Seismic seismic model development 2011 continuous seismic model improvements b. Russia good student of nucleartestban treaty ctbto. Jun 28, 20 medical isotope producers and the ctbto join forces to reduce radioxenon emissions. Introduction sanam shantyaei, snt2017 moderator france 24 ctbto welcome and opening remarks lassina zerbo, ctbto executive secretary michael linhart, secretarygeneral for foreign affairs of the federal ministry for europe, integration and foreign affairs, austria keynote addresses princess sumaya of jordan, president of the royal scientific society of jordan maria candida. It is among nearly 300 ctbto nuclear test monitoring stations, feeling and sniffing the earth for any signs of a. Yukiya amano, former iaea director general who passed away in july 2019, the nazarbayev prize for nuclear disarmament and global security. The executive secretary of the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization ctbto, lassina zerbo visited france from 11 to 14 december 2017. See who you know at comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization ctbto.
Attracting talent to put an end to nuclear testing. The preparatory commission for the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization ctbto is an international organization based in vienna, austria, that has been tasked. At the same time, the ctbto executive secretary, dr. Australia completes its monitoring stations in the global. Installing australias infrasound station is03 in davis base, antarctica. Zerbo said infrasound would be the best technology to check for an explosion on the missing plane if there was a monitoring station nearby, or the explosion is at a level or at an amplitude that it could be detected. The ctbtos report on missing malaysian airlines flight mh. In the case of the argentinian submarine, looking for an explosion signal this small was like looking for a needle in a haystack, says lassina zerbo, executive secretary of ctbto. The trump administrations state department budget request for fiscal year 2018 includes full funding for the united states assessed contribution to the comprehensive test ban treaty organization ctbto, which operates the global monitoring system to detect and deter nuclear explosions and verify compliance with the 1996 comprehensive test ban treaty ctbt. Ctbto executive secretary lassina zerbo on the unusual seismic event. Meeting schedule and calendar of events ctbto executive secretary lassina zerbo delivered his statement to the prepcom on the opening the ctbto cohosted and the executive secretary participated in two sideevents in the margins of the preparatory commission for the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization. Experienced software engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the international affairs industry. Status of the machine learning efforts at the international data centre of the ctbto.
Executive secretary zerbo addressed the event, see statement or watch video. Ctbto executive secretary lassina zerbo hands over equipment to burkina fasos ambassador dieudonne kere. Nuclear test experts checking to see if plane exploded. Preparatory commission for the comprehensive nucleartest. Ctbto to launch building of ims stations in central african republic. Russia good student of nucleartestban treaty ctbto head.
Executive secretary lassina zerbo and eu high representative federica mogherini at the ninth article xiv conference in new york, usa, september 2015. Vienna international centre, po box 100 a1400 vienna, austria telephone. At a glance over 260 staff vienna headquarters administration legal and external relations international monitoring system international data centre onsite inspections 5 divisions dr lassina zerbo executive secretary staff from 70 countries international 120. Project news project for the comprehensive test ban treaty. Bob kemerait, senior scientist at the air force technical applications center, with a statue of a water carrier from zerbos home country of burkina faso, africa. Operating within the working groups of south asia and pakistan. Medical isotope producers and the ctbto join forces to reduce. Ctbto welcome and opening remarks lassina zerbo, ctbto executive secretary michael linhart, secretarygeneral for foreign affairs of the federal ministry for europe, integration and foreign affairs, austria keynote addresses princess sumaya of jordan, president of the royal scienti. Lassina zerbo right, executive secretary for the comprehensive test ban treaty organization in vienna, presents dr. Foreign minister lavrov, and even president putin on the 20th anniversary of the ctbt in 2016 came out openly to talk about the importance of the ctbt and its entry into force. He however noted that the first step towards that world, is an end to nuclear testing.
Ctbto preparatory commission executive secretary dr. Ctnw comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization. He previously served as director of the organizations international data centre idc. The ctbto remains mission capable for monitoring and data. Northstar medical radioisotopes signs pledge to meet. The organization was established by the states that signed the comprehensive nucleartest. As soon as possible please note that all candidates should adhere to ctbto values of integrity, professionalism and respect for diversity. Lassina zerbo, head of the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization ctbto. The comprehensive nuclear testbantreaty ctbt progress and. Ctbto will first get to know you through your application be truthful, accurate and specific.
Auxiliary seismic station as114, southpole, antarctica. Introduction sanam shantyaei, snt2017 moderator france 24 ctbto welcome and opening remarks lassina zerbo, ctbto executive secretary michael linhart, secretarygeneral for foreign affairs of the federal ministry for europe, integration and foreign affairs, austria keynote addresses princess sumaya of jordan, president of the royal scientific society of jordan maria. Africa day is celebrated annually on 25 may to mark the creation of the organization of african unity in 1963. Relationship between the ctbto and opanal nuclear abolition.
The comprehensive nuclear testbantreaty ctbt progress and achievements in veri. Executive secretary lassina zerbo met yuval steinitz, israels minister for. Lassina zerbo traveled from his headquarters in vienna to meet with aftac commander col. Executive secretary lassina zerbo visit to france 1114.
Zerbo said he asked the head of the ctbtos international data center to look at the data and get back to me. No threat to ctbt after us withdrawal from inf lassina zerbo. Africa day was celebrated at the united nations vienna on 26 may 2015 in a special event hosted by the africa group. The comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization ctbto has been headed by lassina zerbo, a national of burkina faso, since august 20. Apf visited ctbto executive secretary, lassina zerbo computing representatives are a focal point for the registration of all users in their country. Ctbto executive secretary lassina zerbo on the unusual seismic. As far as the ctbt is concerned, we have had the strongest possible technical and political support from russia, to the highest level. Lassina zerbo, attended the ceremony organized by kazakhstan in nursultan. Lassina zerbo, executive secretary, provisional technical secretariat, preparatory commission for the comprehensive nucleartestban treaty organization ctbto.
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