This Monday, Mexico takes office second meeting of the States Parties Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPAN) at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN).

The agenda for the meeting includes an assessment of the status of TPAN implementation, which aims to prevent the catastrophic consequences of a nuclear explosion, intentional or accidental. In addition, there will be thematic debates on humanitarian consequences of the use of nuclear weapons.

People who have survived nuclear explosions and atomic tests, together with delegates from international organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2017. In addition, representatives of civil society and experts from the scientific community will take part in the event.

Mexico was appointed president during first meeting in Vienna in June 2022.

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From his initial rejection of nuclear weapons to his leadership in the creation the first zone free of these weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean with the Treaty of Tlatelolco, the country acted as the initiator ban and elimination these instruments of mass destruction.

TPAN is a milestone in the history of disarmament. the first global multilateral agreement to completely ban nuclear weapons according to international humanitarian law. The agreement came into force in 2017 and is effective from 2021. There are currently 69 states party to it, as well as another 24 states that have signed but not yet ratified it.