Funds Released for CTBTO Budget

Treaty Update

Some state signatories agreed to a one-time release of surplus funding to meet current year funding shortfalls for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) during commission meetings that took place Nov. 12-14 in Vienna. At the meeting, a 2008 budget at the same level as 2007 but adjusted for inflation also was approved. That budget is comprised of both dollars and euros: $56,587,200 and euro43,574,800.