South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone

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South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone Zona de Paz e Cooperação do Atlântico Sul Zone de Paix et de Coopération de l'Atlantique Sud Zona de Paz y Cooperación del Atlántico Sur
Flag of the ZPCAS
Member countries shown in blue
Formation	27 October 1986
Headquarters	Brasília, Brazil
Membership	24 member states
Official languages	English, Portuguese, Spanish, French
Pro tempore Presidency	Angola (2007-2009)

The South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone (Abbreviation: ZPCAS; Spanish: Zona de Paz e Cooperación del Atlántico Sur; Portuguese: Zona de Paz e Cooperação do Atlântico Sul; also called the Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic) was created in 1986 through a UN resolution on Brazil's initiative, with the aim of promoting regional cooperation and the maintenance of peace and security in the region. Particular attention was dedicated to the question of preventing the geographical proliferation of nuclear weapons and of reducing and eventually eliminating the military presence of countries from other regions.

A Declaration on the Denuclearization of the South Atlantic was adopted at a meeting of States members of the zone held at Brasilia in September 1994.

Contents 1 Members 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Members

• Angola
• Argentina
• Benin
• Brazil
• Cameroon
• Cape Verde
• Congo
• DR Congo
• Ivory Coast
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Liberia
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• South Africa
• Togo
• Uruguay

[edit] References

• Address to the 6th Ministerial Meeting of the Zone for Peace and Cooperation in the South Atlantic (Dept. of Foreign Affairs of South Africa)
• United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/41/11 - Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic
• South African-Latin American Maritime Co-operation: Towards a South Atlantic RIM Community? Written by Dr. Greg Mills, National Director, South African Institute of International Affairs, Johannesburg

[edit] See also

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries

[edit] External links

• Official website of the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Brazil
• Official website of the Department of Foreign Affairs of South Africa

v • d • e South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone Angola • Argentina • Benin • Brazil • Cameroon • Cape Verde • Republic of the Congo • Democratic Republic of the Congo • Côte d'Ivoire • Equatorial Guinea • Gabon • The Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Namibia • Nigeria • São Tomé and Príncipe • Senegal • Sierra Leone • South Africa • Togo • Uruguay

v • d • e ZPCAS ministerial meetings 2nd (1993) · 3rd (1994) · 4th (1996) · 5th (1998) · 6th (2007)

v • d • e Foreign relations of Brazil Angola • Argentina • Canada • Chile • Cuba • France • Guyana • India • Japan • Nigeria • Russia • South Africa • United States • Uruguay • United Nations Brazil and weapons of mass destruction · Brazil Antarctic Geopolitics · Diplomatic missions · India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum