Are we talking about the same treaty?
A conference on facilitating entry into force of the CTBT, called by the U.N. Secretary-General, was held November 11-13, 2001, at U.N. headquarters in New York. The United States did not send a delegation. A State Department official said, “This is a meeting for ratifying states and we’ve made it clear we’re not going to ratify.
PS: Note the lack of insults in my reply.