CTBTO Spectrum - December 2002 Issue 1 - Comprehensive ...

continued from page 15climate change and nuclear accidents, aswell as the potential use of findingsderiving from geological mappingconducted during an on-site inspection.Mr. Marshall stressed the fact thatall potential civil and scientificapplications of International MontoringSystem technologies depend on dataavailability. The International DataCentre processes IMS raw data andmakes it available to States in the formof Event Bulletins. It is up to the Statesto make the data available for civil andscientific applications. Mr. Marshallunderlined also the importance ofPublications of the ProvisionalTechnical Secretariatsynergies with other technologies in thediscussed fields, which have not yetbeen exploited.Ambassador Liviu Aurelian Bota ofRomania, Chairman of the PreparatoryCommission, presented the concludingremarks. He encouraged further expertdiscussions, increased exchange ofinformation and technical knowledgebetween States Signatories and increasedState participation to upgrade nationaltechnological capacities.The following publications are currently available in hard copy or can be downloadedelectronically from our web site at www.ctbto.org:2001 ANNUAL REPORTof the Preparatory Commission for theComprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty OrganizationAVAILABLE IN A RABIC, CHINESE, ENGLISH, FRENCH, RUSSIAN AND S PANISH.BASIC FACTS: SIX BOOKLET SERIESBooklet 1: The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) at a GlanceBooklet 2: The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty OrganizationCalendar of Meetings 2003Preparatory Commission:20th Session 24 – 27 June 200321st Session 10 – 14 November 2003Working Group A:23rd Session 10 – 13 June 200324th Session 29 September – 3 Oct. 2003Working Group B:20th Session 17 Feb. – 7 March 200321st Session 26 May – 6 June 200322nd Session 1 – 12 September 2003Advisory Group:20th Session 22 – 25 April 200321st Session 27 – 30 May 200322nd Session 22 – 26 September 2003PUBLISHED BY:Public InformationPreparatory Commission for theComprehensive Nuclear-Test-BanTreaty Organization (CTBTO)Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 12001400 Vienna, AustriaT +43 1 26030 6200F +43 1 26030 5823E info@ctbto.orgI www.ctbto.org© 2002 CTBTO Preparatory CommissionCTBTO SPECTRUM – ISSN: 1680-533XBooklet 3: The Global Verification Regime and the International Monitoring SystemBooklet 4: The Global Communications Infrastructure and the International Data CentreBooklet 5: On-Site InspectionsBooklet 6: Membership BenefitsAVAILABLE IN E NGLISH, FRENCH AND S PANISH.D ISCLAIMER:The boundaries and presentation of material on maps donot imply the expression of any opinion on the part of theProvisional Technical Secretariat of the PreparatoryCommission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-BanTreaty Organization concerning the legal status of anycountry, territory, city or area or its authorities, orconcerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.Printed in Austria, December 2002PAGE 16CTBTO SPECTRUM 1 | WWW.CTBTO.ORG