On the occasion of the 52nd Anniversary of the adoption and opening for signature of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco), the 33 Member States of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in the Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL), issue a joint statement in which, among other points:
They affirm their commitment to contributing to the success of the Fourth Conference of Nuclear Weapon Free Zones and Mongolia, in 2020, convened by Resolution 73/71 of the United Nations General Assembly, on December 5, 2018, and, in that sense, urge all Parties and Signatories of the Treaties that establish Nuclear Weapon Free Zones to actively participate in the preparation of the Fourth Conference, supporting Mongolia, the State designated as coordinator of the Fourth Conference.
They reiterate their commitment to participate constructively in the III Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which will meet from April 29 to May 10, 2019 in New York.
They highlight their concern regarding the international situation which, among other aspects, is characterized by the continuity of nuclear arsenal modernization programs, by the possible creation of new types of nuclear weapons vectors and by the growing threat of the use of nuclear weapons in an scenario of tensions and armed conflicts and threats of terrorism. This happens in a context in which there are still states with nuclear weapons, many of them on alert.
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