News Archives

2020

Message of Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares Former Secretary-General of OPANAL (2014-2019)

 

26/10/2020.- Read the Statement of Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares Former Secretary-General of OPANAL (2014-2019).

Statement of the Secretariat

21/10/2020.- The Secretariat of OPANAL deeply regrets the sensitive passing away of Ambassador Gioconda Ubeda Rivera who, among other positions, served as Secretary General of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) from February 1, 2010 to July 31, 2013. Read more. 

Communiqué of the Secretary-General of OPANAL on the occasion of the fiftieth ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

24/10/2020.- Read the Communiqué of the Secretary-General of OPANAL on the occasion of the fiftieth ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons here.

OPANAL participated in the United Nations General Assembly First Committee

19/10/2020.- The Secretary-General of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL), Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini, participated in the General Debate of the First Committee of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Read more

OPANAL participated in the LXIV session of the IAEA General Conference 

22/09/2020. Ambassador Eric Anderson Machado, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Peru to the IAEA and other International Organizations based in Vienna, in his capacity of the Coordinator of OPANAL in Vienna, delivered a statement on behalf of the Secretary General of the OPANAL, Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini, at the LXIV General Conference of the IAEA.

Read the full Statement of OPANAL at the 64 General Conference of the IAEA and watch the recording here.

Statement of the Secretariat

27/03/2020.The Secretary General and the officials of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) mourn the sensitive death of Ambassador Emeritus of Mexico Sergio González Gálvez, which occurred on March 27, 2020.

Declaration of the Member States of OPANAL on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (26 September 2020)

26/09/2020.- September 26 marks the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, established by Resolution 68/32 of the United Nations General Assembly in 2013. On that date, for six consecutive years, the OPANAL Member States , issue the “Declaration of the Member States of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons”.

Read the Declaration of OPANAL Member States: Español / Inglés/ Portugués

Watch statement by the Secretary-General of OPANAL at the UN High-level meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, 2 October 2020

Summer School on Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament for diplomats in Latin America and the Caribbean

16/07/2020. The sixth edition of the Summer School on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation for young diplomats from Latin America and the Caribbean was held from 6 to 17 July 2020, with the participation of over 70 diplomats from 25 countries of the region. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all the activities and presentations were held virtually through a videoconference platform.

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OPANAL participated in the seminar on pillar II of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

03/03/2020. The OPANAL Secretary-General participated in the seminar on pillar II of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in preparation for the 2020 NPT Review Conference, which was organized by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and held in UN Headquarters in New York, 2-3 March 2020.

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2018

05 / 12 The United Nations General Assembly convened the Fourth Conference of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia, 2020
07 / 12 OPANAL Course on Disarmament and Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons – 2018
15 / 11 XXVI Special Session of the General Conference of OPANAL
19 /10 The Secretary-General of OPANAL meets with the Secretary-General of the United Nations
17 / 10 The Secretary-General of OPANAL participates in the High-Level Panel with the United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and other High-Level officials on the current state of affairs in the field of arms control and disarmament – United Nations General Assembly (2018)
17 / 10 Participation of the Secretary-General of OPANAL and the Member States of the Agency in the First Committee of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly
26 / 09 Declaration of the OPANAL Member States on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (26 September 2018)
21 / 09 OPANAL participates in the 62nd General Conference of the IAEA
20 / 09 Uruguay chairs the 316th meeting of the OPANAL Council
27 / 07 Summer School on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation – 2018
29 / 05 Unveiling of plaque commemorating the incorporation of the Treaty of Tlatelolco to UNESCO Memory of the World Programme
24 / 05 Visit by H. E. Ms. Wanja Campos da Nóbrega, Consul of Brazil in Mexico
24 / 05 Visit by H. E. Mr. Franz Josef Kuglitsch, Ambassador of Austria
23 / 05 Visit by H. E. Mr. Nelson Olivero, Ambassador of Guatemala
29 / 04 Commemoration of the 51st Anniversary of the Treaty of Tlatelolco
23 / 04 II Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
15 / 04 “El arma nuclear en cinco actos“, by Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares
25 / 01 2018 Internship Programme Earmarked for Caribbean Member States
19 / 01 Visit of Ambassador Nelson Antonio Tabajara de Oliveira to OPANAL Headquarters
10 / 01 Brazil, Mexico and Ambassador Elayne Whyte were awarded the “2017 Arms Control Person(s) of the Year”
2017

15 / 12 OPANAL’s First Course on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (Montevideo, Uruguay)
8 / 12 Seminar “Towards a World Without Nuclear Weapons”
6 / 12 Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares is awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
11 / 10 First Committee of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly
11 / 10  The Secretariat of OPANAL congratulates the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) on being awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
28 / 09 XXV Special Session of the General Conference of OPANAL
26 / 09 Declaration of the Member States of OPANAL on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons – 26 September 2017
21 / 09 Statement by the Secretary-General of OPANAL – delivered by Guatemala, at the 61st Session of the General Conference of the IAEA
14 / 09 Communiqué of the Member States of OPANAL on the nuclear test by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
25 / 08 Hacia un mundo sin armas nucleares – article by Mr. Aloysio Nunes Ferreira, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil (text only available in Spanish)
15 / 05 First Preparatory Committee for the 2020 NPT Review Conference
03 / 05 Tlatelolco a los 50 años – la continua relevancia y potencial de las zonas libres de armas nucleares
31 / 03 United Nations Conference to negotiate a treaty banning nuclear weapons
27 / 03 50 years of the Treaty of Tlatelolco: An inspiration to the world
14 / 02 XXV Session of the General Conference of OPANAL – 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Tlatelolco
14 / 02 The Treaty of Tlatelolco is incorporated to the Regional Register of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme
13 / 02 OPANAL International Seminar “A world free of nuclear weapons: Is it possible? Is it desirable? How could it be achieved?” – 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Tlatelolco