The OPANAL (which stands for el Organismo para la Proscripción de las Armas Nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe) is an international organization which promotes a non-aggression pact and nuclear disarmament in much of the Americas. In English, its name is the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean. The agency was created as a result of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, ratified in 1969, which forbids its signatory nations from use, storage, or transport of nuclear weapons. The first official Secretary General was Leopoldo Benites from Ecuador. Member nations See also Association of Caribbean States Community of Latin American and Caribbean States International Atomic Energy Agency International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Nuclear Weapons: The Road to Zero Anti-nuclear organizations List of books about nuclear issues List of films about nuclear issues References External links OPANAL.org - official site, English and Spanish versions Politics of the Americas Politics of the Caribbean Politics of Central America Anti–nuclear weapons movement Latin America and the Caribbean