Robert Floyd is Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). 

Ending Nuclear Testing to Advance Global Peace and Security

A crater at the former Soviet Union nuclear test site Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, 2008. CTBTO Preparatory Commission
Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), speaking at the Fifty-Eighth Session of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, 27 June 2022.  CTBTO Preparatory Commission
Specialists collect soil samples to determine if a nuclear explosion took place during the CTBTO On-Site Inspection Integrated Field Exercise 2008 in Kazakhstan. CTBTO Preparatory Commission

While the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty has already helped advance the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament agenda, we must remain vigilant. The proliferation of nuclear weapons and the threat of their use continue to pose unacceptable risks to humanity.