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The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco, 1967) is one of the most important contributions of Mexican diplomacy. Alfonso García Robles, 1982 Nobel Peace Prize winner, was at the forefront of the negotiations of this great contribution to international security in the midst of one of the most critical moments of the Cold War. After the missile crisis in Cuba, it confirmed the pacifism of Latin America and the Caribbean, at a time of great challenges and difficulties due to the arms race of the great powers. 

The fifty years of the signing of the Treaty of Tlatelolco (on February 14, 2017) is an invaluable opportunity to remind contemporary international society of Mexico's relentless effort to raise new awareness on the still latent and relevant threat posed by nuclear weapons.

The Treaty established the first nuclear-weapon-free-zone in a densely populated area of the planet, and continues to be an example for the establishment of five additional denuclearized zones. Its adoption preceded the adoption of the Treaty for the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Thirty-three States of the region are party to this legal instrument that obliges them to prohibit the production, acquisition, testing and deployment of nuclear weapons in the Zone of Application defined in its article 4, which covers the territory of the 33 countries of the region and the adjacent areas of territorial sea.