In 1963 John Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev signed the ban on atmospheric
nuclear weapons testing, which was extended to a moratorium in 1992 and secured as
the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in 1996. The Treaty has been signed by 187
states. On October 31 st , United Nations member states voted on a resolution in support
of the Treaty and the global nuclear test moratorium. The United States was the only
“no” vote.
