Agenda | |
List of documents | |
Report of the Secretary-General | |
Report on activities of the Council to the XXVIII Session of the General Conference | |
Interpretative Declarations made by the States Parties to the Additional Protocols I and II to the Treaty of Tlatelolco | |
Report on the démarches carried out by the Council pursuant to resolution CG/E/Res.03/2022 | |
Report of the Control System of the Treaty of Tlatelolco | |
Working methods for OPANAL meetings in 2024 | |
Coordinations of the work of OPANAL in 2024 | |
OPANAL relations with other Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones | |
Education on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation | |
Gender, non-proliferation and disarmament | |
Report of the External Auditor as of 31 December 2022 | |
Appointment of the External Auditor | |
Financial situation of the Agency | |
Measures to support compliance with the financial obligations established by the Treaty of Tlatelolco | |
Budget and scale of contributions for the financial year 2024 | |
Need for a permanent headquarters for OPANAL |
Interpretative Declarations made by the States Parties to the Additional Protocols I and II to the Treaty of Tlatelolco | |
Control System of the Treaty of Tlatelolco | |
Working methods for OPANAL meetings in 2024 | |
Modernization of information and communication technologies of OPANAL | |
Coordination of the work of OPANAL in Geneva, New York, Vienna and to the Caribbean | |
OPANAL relations with other Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones | |
OPANAL Course on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons | |
Summer School on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation for Diplomats from Latin America and the Caribbean | |
Internship Programs at the OPANAL Secretariat |
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Establishment of the Antonio Augusto Cançado Trindade Award on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation | |
Strengthening of the Secretariat | |
Gender, non-proliferation and disarmament | |
Need for a permanent headquarters for OPANAL | |
Financial obligations of Member States. Statues of collection of contributions | |
Measures to support compliance with the financial obligations established by the Treaty of Tlatelolco | |
Budget and Scale of Assessed Contributions for Financial Year 2024 | |
Financial Statements and Opinion of the External Auditor’s Report as of 31st December 2022 | |
Appointment of the External Auditor | |
Election of three Member States of the Council for the period 2024-2027 | |
Elections of five Member States to the Committee on Contributions and Administrative and Budgetary Matters for the period 2024-2027 | |
Thanks to the Government of the Republic of Guatemala |
XXVIII Regular Session of the General Conference
On 3 November 2023, in Guatemala City, the XXVIII Session of the General Conference of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) took place, with the participation of more than XX delegates from Member States and States Parties to Protocols I and II to the Treaty of Tlatelolco; as well as representatives of international organizations (International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC) and civil society organizations (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN; and Soka Gakkai).
During the XXVIII Session of the General Conference of OPANAL, the States Parties to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) adopted twenty one resolutions, on the following topics:
- The request to the States Parties to Additional Protocols I and II to respect the militarily denuclearized status of Latin America and the Caribbean and to review or withdraw the Interpretative Declarations they have made with respect to those instruments.
- Adoption of the budget and scale of contributions for the financial year 2024.
- The adoption of practical measures to improve the working methods of the Agency with a view to positively impacting the substantive work of the Council and the other organs of OPANAL.
- Strengthening and professionalization of the Secretariat.
- Gender, non-proliferation, and disarmament.
In addition, the General Conference adopted the resolution “Vote of Thanks” in which it thanked: “the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala for its generous support to the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean – OPANAL – to hold the XXVIII Session of the General Conference, providing the necessary technical requirements for its realization.”
The General Conference is the supreme organ of OPANAL and is therefore the most important decision-making body for the Agency. It is composed of all the Contracting Parties to the Treaty of Tlatelolco, the 33 States of Latin America and the Caribbean, and holds regular sessions every two years and may also hold special sessions whenever provided for in the Treaty of Tlatelolco, or when circumstances so require in the opinion of the Council.