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Ending three days of talks on a key treaty banning nuclear tests, countries party to the accord called today for a moratorium on nuclear testing and stressed their determination to promote its early entry into force.

The events of 11 September have made it clear that the world cannot afford further proliferation of nuclear weapons, nor can it afford to lose momentum in efforts to eliminate such arms from the world’s arsenals, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today to a United Nations conference to promote a ban on nuclear testing.

A meeting aimed at promoting the entry into force of a nuclear test ban accord, which had been postponed in the wake of the terrorist attacks against the United States, has been rescheduled for mid-November, a United Nations spokesman announced today.