OPANAL
The OPANAL (which stands for el Organismo para la Proscripción de las Armas Nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe) is an international organization which promotes nuclear disarmament. 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
References
- ↑ SECRETARY GENERALS, accessed April 2010
See also
- Association of Caribbean States
- Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
- Nuclear Weapons: The Road to Zero
- Anti-nuclear organizations
- List of books about nuclear issues
- List of films about nuclear issues
External links
- OPANAL.org - official site, English and Spanish versions
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