associate members—(7) Cameroon, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Laos, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Lucia;
participating governments—(2) New Brunswick (Canada), Quebec (Canada) ————————————————————————————————————- _#_Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)—acronym from Organismo para la Proscripcion de las Armas Nucleares en la America Latina y el Caribe (OPANAL);
established—14 February 1967;
aim—to encourage the peaceful uses of atomic energy and prohibit nuclear weapons;
members—(25) Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago,
Uruguay, Venezuela;
_@observer—(1) Cuba ————————————————————————————————————- #_Andean Group (AG)
established—26 May 1969, effective 16 October 1969;
aim—to promote harmonious development through economic integration;
members—(5) Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela;
associate member—(1) Panama;