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17 paź 2024 · The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the entry into force today of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), the first multilateral nuclear disarmament agreement in more than two decades.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), or the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty, is the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons with the ultimate goal being their total elimination.
20 wrz 2017 · In accordance with Article 2 of the TPNW, Mexico submitted a declaration to the UN secretary-general on 22 January 2021 confirming that it does not own, possess, or control nuclear weapons, has never done so, and does not host any other state’s nuclear weapons on its territory.
Protocol II requires the world's declared nuclear weapons states to refrain from undermining in any way the nuclear-free status of the region; it has been signed and ratified by the US, the UK, France, China, and Russia.
In this regard, Mexico is convinced that, upon entry into force, the TPAN will complement and strengthen the existing nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime, the cornerstone of which is the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
Mexico has no nuclear weapons, but it possesses the technical capability to manufacture nuclear weapons. [1] However, it has renounced them and has pledged to only use its nuclear technology for peaceful purposes following the Treaty of Tlatelolco in 1967. [2]
The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) was opened for signature on 14 February 1967 in Mexico City.
