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SNT 2 13 IN PICTURES - Ctbto

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<strong>SNT</strong> 2<strong>13</strong> in pictures1: Dance and Drumming Group Afrococo Performing at the opening ceremony of the Conference.2: the Musikgymnasium Vienna choir performing at the Opening Ceremony of the Conference.3: Panel discussion with Patricia Lewis, Research Director for International Security, Chatham House (centre)Siegfried Hecker, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University (right), and MICHELMIRAILLET, Director for Strategy Affairs and Defense Policy, French Ministry of Defense (left).4: Participants in the poster exhibition area.12»By engaging the scientificcommunity in strengthening itsown abilities, the CTBTO advancesits vital work of preventingand deterring further nucleartests…I renew my call for theentry into force of the CTBT.«3Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, in a video message to the Conference.1445CTBTO SPECTRUM 20 | JUly 20<strong>13</strong>


5: press conference with keynote speakers: Ellen Tauscher, former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Controland International Security Affairs (left), and Hans Blix, former head of the IAEA.6: Nadezda Tsybulskaya from the A. M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences,making her presentation.7: Lassina Zerbo, CTBTO Executive Secretary-elect (left) and Jean-Michel Vanderhofstadt, CEO-General Manager,Institute for Radio Elements, signing a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in noble gas mitigation.8: Grosser redoutensaal, hofburg palace, vienna.»You stand for those whopromote science for humansecurity. Instead of buildingand improving the nuclearbomb, you are devising waysand means of controlling itthrough global cooperation.«Michael Linhart, Secretary General, Austrian Federal Ministry for European andInternational Affairs, addressing scientists during the Opening Ceremony.6 7»The Scienceand Technologyconference series isa process; it providesan opportunity tointegrate results ofscientific researchinto operation toimprove the CTBTverification regime.«Lassina Zerbo, CTBTO Executive Secretary-electand Project Executive for the Conference.Photos courtesy of Marianne Weiss Photography815CTBTO SPECTRUM 20 | July 20<strong>13</strong>

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