Interventions, speeches and other documents of the General Secretaries

 
June 4th, 2018 Washington, DC, United States of America

48th Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS)

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February 15th 2018 Mexico City, Mexico

Regional consultations on the NPT: towards ComPrep 2018

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March 17th 2015 Geneva, Switzerland

Disarmament Conference

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Publications and interviews

February 16th 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

Nothing indicates that nuclear terror has passed – interview for Deutsche Welle (DW)

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February 14th 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

Nuclear threat persists in the world, says Secretary General of Opanal – interview for La Jornada

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February 12th 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

The nuclear spring – article published in the newspaper El Excélsior

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January 23, 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

Prologue IV of the book “Alfonso García Robles – Nobel Peace Prize, Father of Nuclear Disarmament in Latin America”. Author of the book: Rafael Medina Martínez; Publisher: Las Animas

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5th September 2015 Mexico City, Mexico

What is the function of OPANAL? – interview for Excelsior TV

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July 16, 2015 Mexico City, Mexico

The day the world changed – article published in the Reforma newspaper

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August 28th, 2014 Mexico City, Mexico

International Day against Nuclear Tests – interview for the Radio Program of the Professional Council of Chemistry of Argentina

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May 24th 2013 Brasilia, Brazil

To serve as a bomb – article published in External Policy

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Interventions by Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares as Permanent Representative of Brazil to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva (2009-2011)

February 25th 2010

Fissile Material Ban Treaty

July 15, 2021

Speech by the Secretary General of OPANAL on the occasion of the 12th Anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in Africa – Treaty of Pelindaba (English)


July 8, 2021

Intervention 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)


April 12th 2021

Speech by the Secretary General of OPANAL on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the opening for signature of the Treaty on a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in Africa – Treaty of Pelindaba (English)


January 22, 2021

Communiqué from 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 to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons (available only in English)


August 29th, 2020

Statement from the Secretary General of OPANAL, Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini, on the occasion of the International Day Against Nuclear Tests (available only in English)


March 3th 2020

Speech by the Secretary General of OPANAL, Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini, at the thematic seminar on the II pillar of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (available only in English)

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February 14th 2020

speech of the Secretaryo General of OPANAL, Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini, on the day of the 53rd Anniversary of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean

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February 13th 2020

Intervention by the Secretary General of OPANAL, Ambassador Flavio Roberto Bonzanini, in the discussion on the history, relevance and validity of the Treaty of Tlatelolco

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16th October 2019

Intervention by Ambassador Ezequiel Sabor, President of the Council, at the LXXIV Session of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, on behalf of the Secretary General of OPANAL

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20th September 2019

Intervention by Ambassador Eric Anderson Machado, Coordinator of OPANAL at the IAEA, at the LXIII General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on behalf of the Secretary General of OPANAL

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21th September 2018 Vienna, Austria

62nd Session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), presented by Ambassador Eric Anderson Machado (Permanent Representative of Peru to the IAEA) in his capacity as Coordinator of OPANAL in Vienna

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June 4th, 2018 Washington, DC, United States of America

48th Period of Sessions of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS)

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April 25th 2018 Geneva, Switzerland

2018 Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

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March 7th 2018
 
February 15th 2018
February 13th 2018 Mexico City, Mexico

Presentation of the publication of the OPANAL International Seminar “A world free of nuclear weapons: Is it possible? It is desirable? How can it be achieved?”

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11th October 2017 New York, USA

Exchange with the United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and other High-Level Officials on the "Current situation in the field of arms control and disarmament and the role of international organizations with mandates in this field"

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10th October 2017 New York, USA

72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly – First Committee: Disarmament and International Security

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10th October 2017 New York, USA

Side event: “Dialogue between the Nuclear Weapon Free Zones and Mongolia”

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21th September 2017 Vienna, Austria

61st Session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – Intervention presented by Guatemala on behalf of the Secretary General of OPANAL

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July 12, 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

The Treaty of Tlatelolco: first legally binding instrument that prohibited nuclear weapons – 4th edition of the Summer School on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

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July 7, 2017 New York, USA

Second session of the United Nations Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument that prohibits nuclear weapons and leads to their total elimination

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May 4th 2017 Vienna, Austria

First session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Conference of the Parties for the Review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

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May 3th 2017 Vienna, Austria

Side event: “Tlatelolco at 50: the continued relevance and potential of Nuclear Weapons Free Zones”

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March 31th 2017 New York, USA

First session of the United Nations Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument prohibiting nuclear weapons and leading to their complete elimination – Segment on institutional arrangements

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March 28th 2017 New York, USA

First session of the United Nations Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument that prohibits nuclear weapons and leads to their total elimination – High-level segment

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March 27th 2017 New York, USA

Side event: “50 years of the Treaty of Tlatelolco: an inspiration for the world”

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February 14th 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

Opening of the XXV Session of the General Conference of OPANAL – 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Tlatelolco 

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11th October 2016 New York, USA

71nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly – First Committee: Disarmament and International Security

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29th September 2016 Vienna, Austria

60th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – Intervention presented by Mexico on behalf of the Secretary General of OPANAL

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May 11th 2016 Geneva, Switzerland

Open-ended working group to advance multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations

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February 22th 2016 Mexico City, Mexico

Special session of the OPANAL Council on the occasion of the visit to the Organization of Ambassador Mauro Vieira, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Brazil

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February 5th 2016 Mexico City, Mexico

Special session of the OPANAL Council on the occasion of the visit to the Agency of Mr. Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

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16th October 2015 New York, USA

70nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly – First Committee: Disarmament and International Security

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July 16, 2015 Mexico City, Mexico

The Nuclear Weapons Free Zone of Latin America and the Caribbean – 2nd Edition of the Summer School on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

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April 30th 2015 New York, USA

2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

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April 24th 2015 New York, USA

Third Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties Establishing Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia

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March 17th 2015 Geneva, Switzerland

Disarmament Conference

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February 13th 2015 Geneva, Switzerland

Message to the Conference on Disarmament on the occasion of the 48th Anniversary of the Treaty of Tlatelolco – Presented by Argentina on behalf of the Secretary General of OPANAL

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January 8, 2015 Santiago, Chile

International Seminar “Paths towards nuclear disarmament: a case of convergence in diversity – Humanitarian approach to nuclear weapons”

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December 9th 2014 Vienna, Austria

Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons – Intervention presented by Ecuador on behalf of the Secretary General of OPANAL

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16th October 2014 New York, USA

69nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly – First Committee: Disarmament and International Security

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24th September 2014 Vienna, Austria

58th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – Intervention presented by Ecuador on behalf of the Secretary General of OPANAL

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July 8, 2014 Mexico City, Mexico

The Nuclear Weapons Free Zone of Latin America and the Caribbean – Summer School on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

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April 30th 2014 New York, USA

Third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Conference of the Parties for the Review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

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March 20th 2014 Washington DC, United States

Commission on Hemispheric Security – Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS)

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Publications and interviews

February 16th 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

Nothing indicates that nuclear terror has passed – interview for Deutsche Welle (DW)

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February 14th 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

The nuclear threat persists in the world, says general secretary of Opanal – interview for La Jornada

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February 14th 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, SG OPANAL Macedo Soares: "The only guarantee against the use and threat of use of nuclear weapons is their total elimination" – interview for Pressenza International Press Agency

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February 13th 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

The Treaty of Tlatelolco and the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean – OPANAL: Effectiveness, Consolidation and Improvement (Appendix to the publication of OPANAL Seminar:  «A world free of nuclear weapons: Is it possible? It is desirable? How to achieve it?, P. 201-225)

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February 13th 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

Preface of the publication of OPANAL Seminar:  «A world free of nuclear weapons: Is it possible? It is desirable? How to achieve it?, P. 5-11

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February 12th 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

The nuclear spring – article published in the newspaper El Excélsior

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January 23, 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

Prologue IV of the book “Alfonso García Robles – Nobel Peace Prize, Father of Nuclear Disarmament in Latin America”. Author of the book: Rafael Medina Martínez; Publisher: Las Animas

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5th September 2015 Mexico City, Mexico

What is the function of OPANAL? – interview for Excelsior TV

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July 16, 2015 Mexico City, Mexico

The day the world changed – article published in the Reforma newspaper

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August 28th, 2014 Mexico City, Mexico

International Day against Nuclear Tests – interview for the radio program of the Professional Council of Chemistry of Argentina

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May 24th 2013 Brasilia, Brazil

To serve as a bomb – article published in External Policy

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Interventions by Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares as Permanent Representative of Brazil to the Conference on Disarmament based in Geneva (2009-2011)

June 1th, 2011

Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament

May 26th 2011

Fissile Material Ban Treaty

March 10th 2011

-Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament

-Prevention of nuclear war, including all related issues

-Effective international agreements that provide guarantees to non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of such weapons

February 14th 2011

Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament

February 8th 2011

Preventing an arms race in outer space

14th September 2010

Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament

February 25th 2010

Fissile Material Ban Treaty

June 4th, 2009

Work program of the Conference on Disarmament

February 12th 2009

Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament

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