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OPANAL

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Treaty of Tlatelolco
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
Organismo para la Proscripción de las Armas Nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe
Formation14 February 1967
HeadquartersMexico City
Official language
Spanish
Secretary General
Flavio Roberto Bonzanini
Websitehttp://www.opanal.org

The OPANAL (Organismo para la Proscripción de las Armas Nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe) is an international organization which promotes a non-aggression pact and nuclear disarmament in much of the Americas. In English, its name is the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean. The agency was created as a result of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, ratified in 1969, which forbids its signatory nations from use, storage, or transport of nuclear weapons.

The first official secretary general was Leopoldo Benites from Ecuador.[1]

Member nations

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  •  Antigua and Barbuda
  •  Argentina
  •  Bahamas
  •  Barbados
  •  Belize
  •  Bolivia
  •  Brazil
  •  Chile
  •  Colombia
  •  Costa Rica
  •  Cuba
  •  Dominica
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Ecuador
  •  El Salvador
  •  Grenada
  •  Guatemala
  •  Guyana
  •  Haiti
  •  Honduras
  •  Jamaica
  •  Mexico
  •  Nicaragua
  •  Panama
  •  Paraguay
  •  Peru
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  •  Saint Lucia
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  •  Suriname
  •  Trinidad and Tobago
  •  Uruguay
  •  Venezuela

See also

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References

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  1. ^ SECRETARY GENERALS Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 2010
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  • OPANAL.org – official site, English and Spanish versions