Declaración de los Estados Miembros del Organismo para la Proscripción de las Armas Nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe OPANAL- Día Internacional para la Eliminación Total de las Armas Nucleares

• Agreement Number: C/17/2019.Rev8

OPANAL

Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean

C/17/2019.Rev8

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Declaration of the Member States of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear

Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean

OPANAL

International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

(26 September 2019)

The member States of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America

and the Caribbean (OPANAL),

Maintaining their historic commitment to nuclear disarmament,

Reaffirming that a world without nuclear weapons is essential for the accomplishment of

the priority objectives of humanity, those being peace, security, development, and the

protection of the environment,

Recognising that to achieve and maintain a world free of nuclear weapons is a responsibility

shared by all Member States of the United Nations,

Reaffirming that, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, States must refrain

in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity

or political independence of any State or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes

of the United Nations,

Reaffirming that the use and threat of use of nuclear weapons are a violation of the Charter

of the United Nations, a violation of International Law, including International Humanitarian

Law, and constitute a crime against humanity,