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"Nuclear
Arms: Threat to Our World" Exhibit
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Commemorating
the 35th anniversary of the Treaty of Tlateloco
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The SGI's
"Nuclear Arms: Threat to Our World" exhibition was
held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico City during
February. The exhibit, which promotes awareness of the grave
threat of nuclear weapons, was launched in 1982 and has been
shown in numerous locations around the world. It is based on
various studies conducted by the United Nations and features
photographic panels depicting the horror of the destruction of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In addition to illustrating the
medical and environmental impact of the use of nuclear
weapons, the exhibit examines the economic and social benefits
of disarmament.
The showing in Mexico was cosponsored by the Agency for the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the
Caribbean, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
SGI-Mexico. It was organized as one of a series of events
commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Treaty for the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America which was
signed in Mexico on February 14, 1967, by 32 Latin American
states. Also known as the Treaty of Tlatelolco, it obligates
Latin American parties to refrain from acquiring nuclear
weapons and from permitting the storage or deployment of
nuclear weapons on their territories by other nations.
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