Speeches, statements, and articles by the Secretary-General

31 July 2023

Statement of the Secretary General of OPANAL at the First Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) > >

11 October 2022

Statement of the Secretary General of OPANAL at the 74th Session of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly (Spanish)

28 September 2022

Statement by Ambassador Luis Javier Campuzano Piña, Coordinator of OPANAL in Vienna, at the LXVI Session of the IAEA General Conference

22 June 2022

Statement by the Secretary General of OPANAL on the occasion of the First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

29 August 2021

Statement by the Secretary General of OPANAL on the occasion of the International Day against Nuclear Tests – 29 August 2021

15 July 2021

Statement by the Secretary General of OPANAL on the occasion of the 12th Anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Africa – Treaty of Pelindaba

8 July 2021

Statement 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)

12 April 2021

Statement of the Secretary-General of OPANAL on the 25th Anniversary of the Opening for Signature of the African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty – Treaty of Pelindaba

22 January 2021

Communiqué of 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 on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

29 August 2020

Communiqué of the Secretary-General of OPANAL, Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini, on the occasion of the International Day against Nuclear Tests

3 March 2020

Statement of Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini, Secretary-General of OPANAL, at the seminar on pillar II of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in preparation for the 2020 NPT Review Conference

14 February 2020

Statement of Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini, Secretary-General of OPANAL, at the commemorative event of the 53rd Anniversary of the opening for signature of the Treaty of Tlatelolco (Spanish only)

13 February 2020

Statement of Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini, Secretary-General of OPANAL, at the discussion on the “Relevance and effectiveness of the Treaty of Tlatelolco in light of the current challenges for nuclear disarmament” (Spanish only)

16 October 2019

Statement of the Secretary General of OPANAL at the 74th Session of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly

20 September 2019

Statement of the Secretary General of OPANAL at the 63rd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

29 April 2019 New York, United States

Statement by H. E. Mauro Vieira, Permanent Representative of Brasil to the United Nations and Coordinator of OPANAL in New York, on behalf of Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares, Secretary-General of OPANAL, at the Third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

15 February 2019 Mexico City, Mexico

Lecture by Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares, Secretary-General of OPANAL, on the occasion of the 52nd Anniversary of the Treaty of Tlatelolco

13 February 2019 Algiers, Algeria

Statement by H.E. Gustavo Felipe Lembcke Hoyle, Ambassador of the Republic of Peru to Algeria, on behalf of the Secretary-General of OPANAL, in the Extraordinary Session of the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) held in Algiers, Algeria, on 12 and 13 February 2019

17 October 2018 New York, United States

High-Level Panel: Exchange with the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and other High-Level Officials on the “Current state of affairs in the field of arms control and disarmament”

17 October 2018 New York, United States

73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly – First Committee: Disarmament and International Security

21 September 2018 Vienna, Austria

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

Video

4 June 2018 Washington, D.C., United States of America

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

25 April 2018 Geneva, Switzerland

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

7 March 2018 Mexico City, Mexico

Information on the Document “Nuclear Posture Review (NPR)” issued by the Government of the United States of America on February 2nd, 2018 >

15 February 2018 Mexico City, Mexico

Regional consultations on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT): Towards the PrepCom 2018

13 February 2018 Mexico City, Mexico

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

11 October 2017 New York, United States of America

Exchange with the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and other High-Level Officials on the “Current state of affairs in the field of arms control and disarmament and the role of international organizations with mandates in this field”

10 October 2017 New York, United States of America

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

10 October 2017 New York, United States of America

Side Event: “Dialogue among Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia” >

21 September 2017 Vienna, Austria

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

12 July 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

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

7 July 2017 New York, United States of America

Second session of the United Nations Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination

4 May 2017 Vienna, Austria

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

3 May 2017 Vienna, Austria

Side Event: “Tlatelolco at 50: The Continued Relevance and Potential of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones”

31 March 2017 New York, United States of America

First Session of the United Nations Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination – Exchange of views on institutional arrangements >

28 March 2017 New York, United States of America

First Session of the United Nations Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination – High-Level segment

27 March 2017 New York, United States of America

Side Event: “50 years of the Treaty of Tlatelolco: an inspiration to the world”

14 February 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

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

11 October 2016 New York, United States of America

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

29 September 2016 Vienna, Austria

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

11 May 2016 Geneva, Switzerland

Open-ended Working Group Taking Forward Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Negotiations

22 February 2016 Mexico City, Mexico

Special Session of the Council of OPANAL on the occasion of the visit by Ambassador Mauro Vieira, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

5 February 2016 Mexico City, Mexico

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

16 October 2015 New York, United States of America

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

16 July 2015 Mexico City, Mexico

The Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Latin America and the Caribbean – 2nd Edition on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

30 April 2015 New York, United States of America

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

24 April 2015 New York, United States of America

III Conference of States Party and Signatories of Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia

17 March 2015 Geneva, Switzerland

Conference on Disarmament

13 February 2015 Geneva, Switzerland

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

8 January 2015 Santiago, Chile

International Seminar “Roads to Nuclear Disarmament: A Case of Convergence in Diversity – Humanitarian Approach to Nuclear Weapons” >

9 December 2014 Vienna, Austria

Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons – Statement delivered by Ecuador on behalf of the Secretary-General of OPANAL

16 October 2014 New York, United States of America

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

24 September 2014 Vienna, Austria

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

8 July 2014 Mexico City, Mexico

The Latin American and Caribbean Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone – Summer School on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

30 April 2014 New York, United States of America

Third Session of the Preparatory Committee of the 2015 Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

20 March 2014 Washington D.C., United States of America

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

Publications and interviews

16 February 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

Nada indica que el terror nuclear ha pasado; – interview for Deutsche Welle (DW)

14 February 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

Persiste la amenaza nuclear en el orbe, sostiene secretario general del Opanal; – interview for La Jornada

14 February 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

50° Aniversario del Tratado de Tlatelolco, SG OPANAL Macedo Soares: “La única garantía contra el uso y la amenaza del uso de las armas nucleares es su total eliminación”; – interview for Pressenza International Press Agency

13 February 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

The Treaty of Tlatelolco and the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean – OPANAL: Efficacy, Consolidation and Enhancement (Appendix of the publication of the International Seminar of OPANAL: “A world free of nuclear weapons: Is it possible? Is it desirable? How could it be achieved?”, p. 201-225)

13 February 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

Forward of the publication of the International Seminar of OPANAL: “A world free of nuclear weapons: Is it possible? Is it desirable? How could it be achieved?”, p. 5-11

12 February 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

The Nuclear Spring – article published in El Excélsior

23 January 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

Foreword IV of the book “Alfonso García Robles – Premio Nobel de la Paz, Padre del Desarme Nuclear en América Latina”;. Author of the book: Rafael Medina Martínez; Editorial: Las Animas

5 September 2015 Mexico City, Mexico

¿Cuál es la función de OPANAL?; – interview for Excélsior TV

16 July 2015 Mexico City, Mexico

The Day the World Changed – article published in Reforma

28 August 2014 Mexico City, Mexico

Día Internacional contra los Ensayos Nuclerares > – interview for Consejo Profesional de Química* of Argentina*

24 May 2013 Brasilia, Brazil

Para que serve a bomba – article published in Política Externa

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

1 June 2011

Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament

26 May 2011

Fissile material cut-off treaty

10 March 2011

-Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament

-Prevention of nuclear war, including all related matters

-Effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons

14 February 2011

Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament

8 February 2011

Prevention of an arms race in outer space

14 September 2010

Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament

25 February 2010

Fissile material cut-off treaty

4 June 2009

Programme of work of the Conference on Disarmament

12 February 2009