Personal information and academic history:

Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini was born in Guaporé, Rio Grande do Sul, on 13 July 1948. He took the diplomatic career preparation course at the Rio Branco Institute (IRBr) from 1971 to 1972; he obtained a Law degree at the Brazilian Faculty of Legal Sciences / RJ (1972) and an Economics degree at the Universidad Federal del Distrito Federal / DF (1975); he took the High Studies Course (IRBr) in 1990.

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In order to ensure compliance with the obligations of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, The Contracting Parties established in 1969 the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL).

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AGENCY FOR THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (OPANAL)

For a nuclear-weapons-free world

Member States

OPANAL is an international intergovernmental organization. Its Members are the 33 States of Latin American and the Caribbean. These States signed and ratified the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, also known as the Treaty of Tlatelolco.

Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

A Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (NWFZ) is a defined geographic space within which these weapons of mass destruction are prohibited by law. NWFZs are a regional nonproliferation mechanism with a view towards the achievement of complete global nuclear disarmament.

News

25/01/2024.- Mexico hosts the VIII edition of the OPANAL Course on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

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