{"594768":{"#nid":"594768","#data":{"type":"event","title":"The CTBTO and Nuclear Test-Ban Verification","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy for a discussion with Executive Secretary\u0026nbsp;Lassina Zerbo on the role the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) has in the disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) was set up in 1996 with its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. It is an interim organization tasked with building up the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/verification-regime\/\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003Everification regime\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/index.php?id=280\u0026amp;no_cache=1\u0026amp;letter=c#comprehensive-nuclear-test-ban-treaty\u0022\u003EComprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(CTBT) in preparation for the Treaty\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/index.php?id=280\u0026amp;no_cache=1\u0026amp;letter=e#entry-into-force\u0022\u003Eentry into force\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;as well as promoting the Treaty\u0026#39;s universality.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on the CTBTO, please visit:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELassina Zerbo is the Executive Secretary of the CTBTO, a position which he assumed on 1 August 2013. He previously served as Director of the organization\u0026rsquo;s International Data Centre (IDC). He is a national of Burkina Faso. Zerbo has been instrumental in cementing the CTBTO\u0026rsquo;s position as the world\u0026rsquo;s centre of excellence for nuclear test-ban verification, as well as in driving forward efforts towards the entry into force and universalization of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). In November 2016, the Member States of the highest decision-making body of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission re-appointed Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo to a further four year term of office until 31 July 2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFore more information on the Executive Secretary, please visit:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/the-organization\/the-provisional-technical-secretariat-pts\/organizational-structure-of-the-pts\/curriculum-vitaelassina-zerboexecutive-secretary\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/the-organization\/the-provisional-technical-secretariat-pts\/organizational-structure-of-the-pts\/curriculum-vitaelassina-zerboexecutive-secretary\/\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join CTBTO Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo for a Discussion on \u0022The CTBTO and Nuclear Test-Ban Verification\u0022"}],"uid":"32571","created_gmt":"2017-08-22 14:37:35","changed_gmt":"2017-08-28 19:05:00","author":"Christopher McDermott","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-09-18T10:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2017-09-18T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-09-18T11:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-09-18 14:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-09-18 15:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-09-18 15:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"594766":{"id":"594766","type":"image","title":"Zerbo","body":null,"created":"1503412133","gmt_created":"2017-08-22 14:28:53","changed":"1503412133","gmt_changed":"2017-08-22 14:28:53","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226668","name":"Zerbo.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Zerbo.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Zerbo.png","mime":"image\/png","size":36207,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Zerbo.png?itok=gx33BJs0"}}},"media_ids":["594766"],"groups":[{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"175266","name":"energy; nuclear; mechanical; proliferation"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChris McDermott at chris.mcdermott@gatech.edu\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}