The role of Brazil in multilateral disarmament efforts

Abstract

Abstract This article examines Brazil’s motivations, objectives, and action in international instances related to nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation, and arms control, particularly the Treaty of Tlatelolco and the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The paper describes the evolution of Brazilian attitudes and decisions and discusses prospects for nuclear disarmament opened by the proposal of a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons.

Keywords

• Nuclear disarmament
• multilateral institutions
• Brazilian foreign policy
• non-proliferation of nuclear weapons