Report on the Nuclear Weapons Free Zones Conference in Mexico

The first ever Conference of States Parties to Nuclear Weapon Free Zones held in Mexico City from April 26 to 28 th immediately before the NPT Review Conference was a much more positive and forward looking event. Bringing together 108 States parties to NWFZs, observer States and civil society it established a new and powerful forum for the delegitimisation and abolition of nuclear weapons.

The Conference adopted a declaration concerning the consolidation, strengthening and expansion of nuclear weapon free zones, the prevention of nuclear proliferation and the achievement of a nuclear weapons free world. 

In addition, the Conference established a process for continuing communication, cooperation and collaboration between the zones. Each of the four regional treaties will take turns at coordinating this work.

The Conference included a Civil Society Forum co-chaired by Dr. Gabino Aguirre, Mayor of Santa Paula, California with representation from mayors, parliamentarians, academics, scientists, government officials, media, nuclear survivors and non-governmental organisations from around the world. Read the Atomic Mirror’s speech to the Civil Society Forum on behalf of Abolition 2000.

For more information, including a full list of participants, see the Conference of Nuclear Weapon Free Zones website

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