31 July 2023
Statement of the Secretary General of OPANAL at the First Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
11 October 2022
Statement of the Secretary General of OPANAL at the 74th Session of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly (Spanish)
28 September 2022
Statement by Ambassador Luis Javier Campuzano Piña, Coordinator of OPANAL in Vienna, at the LXVI Session of the IAEA General Conference
22 June 2022
Statement by the Secretary General of OPANAL on the occasion of the First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
29 August 2021
Statement by the Secretary General of OPANAL on the occasion of the International Day against Nuclear Tests - 29 August 2021
15 July 2021
Statement by the Secretary General of OPANAL on the occasion of the 12th Anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Africa - Treaty of Pelindaba
8 July 2021
Statement by the Secretary General of OPANAL on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC) (Portuguese)
12 April 2021
Statement of the Secretary-General of OPANAL on the 25th Anniversary of the Opening for Signature of the African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty - Treaty of Pelindaba
22 January 2021
Communiqué of the Secretary-General of OPANAL, Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini, and Executive Secretary of the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE), Mr. Messaoud Baaliouamer, on the occasion of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
29 August 2020
Communiqué of the Secretary-General of OPANAL, Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini, on the occasion of the International Day against Nuclear Tests
3 March 2020
Statement of Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini, Secretary-General of OPANAL, at the seminar on pillar II of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in preparation for the 2020 NPT Review Conference
14 February 2020
Statement of Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini, Secretary-General of OPANAL, at the commemorative event of the 53rd Anniversary of the opening for signature of the Treaty of Tlatelolco (Spanish only)
13 February 2020
Statement of Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini, Secretary-General of OPANAL, at the discussion on the “Relevance and effectiveness of the Treaty of Tlatelolco in light of the current challenges for nuclear disarmament” (Spanish only)
16 October 2019
Statement of the Secretary General of OPANAL at the 74th Session of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly
20 September 2019
Statement of the Secretary General of OPANAL at the 63rd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
15 February 2019
Mexico City, Mexico
Lecture by Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares, Secretary-General of OPANAL, on the occasion of the 52nd Anniversary of the Treaty of Tlatelolco
13 February 2019
Algiers, Algeria
Statement by H.E. Gustavo Felipe Lembcke Hoyle, Ambassador of the Republic of Peru to Algeria, on behalf of the Secretary-General of OPANAL, in the Extraordinary Session of the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) held in Algiers, Algeria, on 12 and 13 February 2019
17 October 2018
New York, United States
High-Level Panel: Exchange with the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and other High-Level Officials on the "Current state of affairs in the field of arms control and disarmament"
17 October 2018
New York, United States
73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly - First Committee: Disarmament and International Security
21 September 2018
Vienna, Austria
62nd Session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), delivered by Ambassador Eric Anderson Machado (Permanent Representative of Peru to the IAEA) in his capacity as Coordinator of OPANAL in Vienna
4 June 2018
Washington, D.C., United States of America
48th Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS)
25 April 2018
Geneva, Switzerland
Second Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
7 March 2018
Mexico City, Mexico
Information on the Document "Nuclear Posture Review (NPR)" issued by the Government of the United States of America on February 2nd, 2018
15 February 2018
Mexico City, Mexico
Regional consultations on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT): Towards the PrepCom 2018
13 February 2018
Mexico City, Mexico
Presentation of the publication of the International Seminar of OPANAL: "A world free of nuclear weapons: Is it possible? Is it desirable? How could it be achieved?"
11 October 2017
New York, United States of America
Exchange with the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and other High-Level Officials on the "Current state of affairs in the field of arms control and disarmament and the role of international organizations with mandates in this field"
10 October 2017
New York, United States of America
72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly – First Committee: Disarmament and International Security
10 October 2017
New York, United States of America
Side Event: “Dialogue among Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia”
21 September 2017
Vienna, Austria
61st Session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – Statement delivered by Guatemala on behalf of the Secretary-General of OPANAL
12 July 2017
Mexico City, Mexico
The Treaty of Tlatelolco: the first legally binding instrument that prohibited nuclear weapons – Summer School on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation – 4th Edition
7 July 2017
New York, United States of America
Second session of the United Nations Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination
4 May 2017
Vienna, Austria
First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
3 May 2017
Vienna, Austria
Side Event: “Tlatelolco at 50: The Continued Relevance and Potential of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones”
31 March 2017
New York, United States of America
First Session of the United Nations Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination – Exchange of views on institutional arrangements
28 March 2017
New York, United States of America
First Session of the United Nations Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination – High-Level segment
27 March 2017
New York, United States of America
Side Event: “50 years of the Treaty of Tlatelolco: an inspiration to the world”
14 February 2017
Mexico City, Mexico
Opening speech of the XXV Session of the General Conference of OPANAL – 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Tlatelolco
11 October 2016
New York, United States of America
71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly – First Committee: Disarmament and International Security
29 September 2016
Vienna, Austria
60th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – Statement delivered by Mexico on behalf of the Secretary-General of OPANAL
11 May 2016
Geneva, Switzerland
Open-ended Working Group Taking Forward Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Negotiations
22 February 2016
Mexico City, Mexico
Special Session of the Council of OPANAL on the occasion of the visit by Ambassador Mauro Vieira, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
5 February 2016
Mexico City, Mexico
Special Session of the Council of OPANAL on the occasion of the visit by Mr Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
16 October 2015
New York, United States of America
70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly – First Committee: Disarmament and International Security
16 July 2015
Mexico City, Mexico
The Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Latin America and the Caribbean – 2nd Edition on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
30 April 2015
New York, United States of America
2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
24 April 2015
New York, United States of America
III Conference of States Party and Signatories of Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia
17 March 2015
Geneva, Switzerland
Conference on Disarmament
13 February 2015
Geneva, Switzerland
Message addressed to the Conference on Disarmament on the occasion of the 48th Anniversary of the Treaty of Tlatelolco – Delivered by Argentina on behalf of the Secretary-General of OPANAL
8 January 2015
Santiago, Chile
International Seminar “Roads to Nuclear Disarmament: A Case of Convergence in Diversity – Humanitarian Approach to Nuclear Weapons”
9 December 2014
Vienna, Austria
Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons – Statement delivered by Ecuador on behalf of the Secretary-General of OPANAL
16 October 2014
New York, United States of America
69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly – First Committee: Disarmament and International Security
24 September 2014
Vienna, Austria
58th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – Statement delivered by Ecuador on behalf of the Secretary-General of OPANAL
8 July 2014
Mexico City, Mexico
The Latin American and Caribbean Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone – Summer School on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
30 April 2014
New York, United States of America
Third Session of the Preparatory Committee of the 2015 Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
20 March 2014
Washington D.C., United States of America
Committee on Hemispheric Security – Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS)
Publications and interviews
16 February 2017
Mexico City, Mexico
Nada indica que el terror nuclear ha pasado – interview for Deutsche Welle (DW)
14 February 2017
Mexico City, Mexico
Persiste la amenaza nuclear en el orbe, sostiene secretario general del Opanal – interview for La Jornada
14 February 2017
Mexico City, Mexico
50° Aniversario del Tratado de Tlatelolco, SG OPANAL Macedo Soares: "La única garantía contra el uso y la amenaza del uso de las armas nucleares es su total eliminación" – interview for Pressenza International Press Agency
13 February 2017
Mexico City, Mexico
The Treaty of Tlatelolco and the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean – OPANAL: Efficacy, Consolidation and Enhancement (Appendix of the publication of the International Seminar of OPANAL: "A world free of nuclear weapons: Is it possible? Is it desirable? How could it be achieved?", p. 201-225)
13 February 2017
Mexico City, Mexico
Forward of the publication of the International Seminar of OPANAL: "A world free of nuclear weapons: Is it possible? Is it desirable? How could it be achieved?", p. 5-11
12 February 2017
Mexico City, Mexico
The Nuclear Spring – article published in El Excélsior
23 January 2017
Mexico City, Mexico
Foreword IV of the book “Alfonso García Robles – Premio Nobel de la Paz, Padre del Desarme Nuclear en América Latina”. Author of the book: Rafael Medina Martínez; Editorial: Las Animas
5 September 2015
Mexico City, Mexico
¿Cuál es la función de OPANAL? – interview for Excélsior TV
16 July 2015
Mexico City, Mexico
The Day the World Changed – article published in Reforma
28 August 2014
Mexico City, Mexico
Día Internacional contra los Ensayos Nuclerares – interview for Consejo Profesional de Química of Argentina
24 May 2013
Brasilia, Brazil
Para que serve a bomba – article published in Política Externa
Statements by Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares as Permanent Representative of Brazil to the Conference on Disarmament (2009-2011)
1 June 2011
Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament
26 May 2011
Fissile material cut-off treaty
10 March 2011
-Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament
-Prevention of nuclear war, including all related matters
-Effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons
14 February 2011
Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament
8 February 2011
Prevention of an arms race in outer space
14 September 2010
Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament
25 February 2010
Fissile material cut-off treaty
4 June 2009
Programme of work of the Conference on Disarmament
12 February 2009
Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament