Description
The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
(CTBTO), and the Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) which forms part of the Commission,
occupies a special place in the history of disarmament and non-proliferation as well as in the history
of international organizations. It has a number of features that distinguish it from other organizations
and that have influenced the course of its history over the last 15 years.