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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 language	English, Portuguese, Spanish, French
Secretary General	H.E. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva;

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The South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone (abbreviations: ZPCAS or ZOPACAS; Spanish: Zona de Paz y 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 resolution A/RES/41/11 of the U.N. general assembly on Brazil's initiative, with the aim of promoting cooperation and the maintenance of peace and security in the South Atlantic 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 region was adopted at a meeting of member states held in Brasilia in September 1994. The U.N. General Assembly endorsed the initiative, albeit with opposition from the United States, United Kingdom and France.^[2]

The South Atlantic itself is currently not a nuclear-weapon-free zone but all member states are currently signatories of international treaties that prohibit nuclear weapons, namely the African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty and the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, several Mid-Atlantic Ridge islands, the British overseas territory of Saint Helena and its dependencies Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, and Norway's Bouvet Island are not covered by those treaties. However, the British Overseas Territories of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are covered by these treaties.

Members

Country	Continent
Angola	Africa
Argentina	Americas
Benin	Africa
Brazil	Americas
Cabo Verde	Africa
Cameroon	Africa
Congo	Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa
Equatorial Guinea	Africa
Gabon	Africa
Gambia	Africa
Ghana	Africa
Guinea	Africa
Guinea Bissau	Africa
Ivory Coast	Africa
Liberia	Africa
Namibia	Africa
Nigeria	Africa
Sao Tome and Principe	Africa
Senegal	Africa
Sierra Leone	Africa
South Africa	Africa
Togo	Africa
Uruguay	Americas

References

^ BR-AR - Comunicado Conjunto DefesaNet. Retrieved on 2012-04-18. (in Portuguese).
^ Osmańczyk, Edmund Jan (July 1, 2003). Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements: A to F. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-93921-8 – via Google Books.

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
Voting record on this resolution 41/11
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

External links

[1] BR-AR - Comunicado Conjunto DefesaNet. Retrieved on 2012-04-18. (in Portuguese).

[2] Osmańczyk, Edmund Jan (July 1, 2003). Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements: A to F. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-93921-8 – via Google Books.

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+{{Infobox organization
-|name=South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone <br/>''Zona de Paz e Cooperação do Atlântico Sul''<br/>Zone de Paix et de Coopération de l'Atlantique Sud<br/>''Zona de Paz y Cooperación del Atlántico Sur
+| name                = South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone<br/>''Zona de Paz e Cooperação do Atlântico Sul''<br/>''Zone de Paix et de Coopération de l'Atlantique Sud''<br/>''Zona de Paz y Cooperación del Atlántico Sur''
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+| image               = Zpcas flag.jpg
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+| caption             = Flag of the ZPCAS
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+| mcaption            = Member countries shown in blue
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-|headquarters = [[Brasília]], [[Brazil]]
+| headquarters        = [[Brasília]], [[Brazil]]
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-|language     = [[English language|English]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]]
+| language            = [[English language|English]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]]
-|leader_title = [[Secretary General of ZPCAS| Secretary General]]
+| leader_title        = Secretary General
-|leader_name  = {{ H.E.Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva}}<br><small></small><ref>[http://www.defesanet.com.br/defesa/noticia/5668/BR-AR---Comunicado-Conjunto BR-AR - Comunicado Conjunto] DefesaNet. Retrieved on 2012-04-18. {{lang-pt|icon}}.</ref>
+| leader_name         = H.E. [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]<br><small></small><ref>[http://www.defesanet.com.br/defesa/noticia/5668/BR-AR---Comunicado-Conjunto BR-AR - Comunicado Conjunto] DefesaNet. Retrieved on 2012-04-18. {{in lang|pt}}.</ref>
-|formation    = 27 October 1986
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+| formation           = 27 October 1986
+| website             =
 }}
 [[Image:Reuniao zpcas.jpg|240px|thumb|[[President of Brazil|President]] [[Fernando Henrique Cardoso]] speaks at the ZPCAS Summit held in [[Brasília]].]]
-The '''South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone''' ([[abbreviation]]s: '''ZPCAS''' or '''ZOPACAS'''; {{lang-es|Zona de Paz y Cooperación del Atlántico Sur}}; {{lang-pt|Zona de Paz e Cooperação do Atlântico Sul}}; also called the ''Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic'') is a organization and a military alliance it was created in 1986 through resolution A/RES/41/11 of the  [[United Nations|U.N.]] general assembly on [[Brazil|Brazil's]] initiative, with the aim of promoting cooperation and the maintenance of peace and security in the [[Atlantic Ocean|South Atlantic]] region. Particular attention was dedicated to the question of preventing the geographical [[Nuclear proliferation|proliferation]] of [[nuclear weapons]] and of reducing and eventually eliminating the military presence of countries from other regions.  ZPCAS Has 1st enlargement With South And Southeast Asian Countries In August 2017,
+The '''South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone''' ([[abbreviation]]s: '''ZPCAS''' or '''ZOPACAS'''; {{langx|es|Zona de Paz y Cooperación del Atlántico Sur}}; {{langx|pt|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 resolution A/RES/41/11 of the  [[United Nations|U.N.]] general assembly on [[Brazil|Brazil's]] initiative, with the aim of promoting cooperation and the maintenance of peace and security in the [[Atlantic Ocean|South Atlantic]] region. Particular attention was dedicated to the question of preventing the geographical [[Nuclear proliferation|proliferation]] of [[nuclear weapons]] and of reducing and eventually eliminating the military presence of countries from other regions.
-A Declaration on the [[Nuclear proliferation|denuclearization]] of the South Atlantic region was adopted at a meeting of member states held in [[Brasilia]] in September 1994. The [[U.N. General Assembly]] endorsed the initiative, albeit with opposition from the United States, United Kingdom and France.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aiIOW0LOdKgC&pg=PA522&lpg=PA522 Encyclopedia of the United Nations and international agreements, Volume 1]</ref>
+A Declaration on the [[Nuclear proliferation|denuclearization]] of the South Atlantic region was adopted at a meeting of member states held in [[Brasilia]] in September 1994. The [[U.N. General Assembly]] endorsed the initiative, albeit with opposition from the United States, United Kingdom and France.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aiIOW0LOdKgC&pg=PA522|title=Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements: A to F|first=Edmund Jan|last=Osmańczyk|date=July 1, 2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-93921-8 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
-The South Atlantic is currently a [[nuclear-weapon-free zone]]. All member states are currently signatories of international treaties that prohibit [[nuclear weapon]]s, namely the [[African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty]] and the [[Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean]]. However, several [[Mid-Atlantic Ridge]] islands, the [[British overseas territory]] of [[Saint Helena]] and its dependencies [[Ascension Island]] and [[Tristan da Cunha]], and Norway's [[Bouvet Island]] are not covered by those treaties.
+The South Atlantic itself is currently not a [[nuclear-weapon-free zone]] but all member states are currently signatories of international treaties that prohibit [[nuclear weapon]]s, namely the [[African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty]] and the [[Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean]]. However, several [[Mid-Atlantic Ridge]] islands, the [[British overseas territory]] of [[Saint Helena]] and its dependencies [[Ascension Island]] and [[Tristan da Cunha]], and Norway's [[Bouvet Island]] are not covered by those treaties. However, the [[British Overseas Territories]] of the [[Falkland Islands]] and [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]] are covered by these treaties.
+==Members==
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+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! style="width:280px;"|Country!!style="width:120px;"|Continent
+|-
+|{{flag|Angola}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Argentina}} || Americas
+|-
+|{{flag|Benin}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Brazil}} || Americas
+|-
+|{{flag|Cabo Verde}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Cameroon}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Congo}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Gabon}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Gambia}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Ghana}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Guinea}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Guinea Bissau}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Ivory Coast}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Liberia}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Namibia}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Nigeria}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Sao Tome and Principe}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Senegal}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Sierra Leone}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|South Africa}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Togo}} || Africa
+|-
+|{{flag|Uruguay}} || Americas
+|}
 ==See also==
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 * [https://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/41/a41r011.htm United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/41/11 - Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic]
 * [http://unbisnet.un.org:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1348NR2216691.21831&profile=voting&uri=link=3100028~!2279~!3100029~!3100070&aspect=alpha&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!horizon&term=A%2FRES%2F41%2F11&index=Z791AZ Voting record on this resolution 41/11]
-* [http://www.iss.co.za/Pubs/Monographs/No9/Mills.html 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
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081014223958/http://www.iss.co.za/Pubs/Monographs/No9/Mills.html 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
 ==External links==