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 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 [1] |
TheSouth Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone (abbreviations:ZPCAS orZOPACAS;Spanish:Zona de Paz y Cooperación del Atlántico Sur;Portuguese:Zona de Paz e Cooperação do Atlântico Sul; also called theZone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic) was created in 1986 through resolution A/RES/41/11 of theU.N. general assembly onBrazil's initiative, with the aim of promoting cooperation and the maintenance of peace and security in theSouth Atlantic region. Particular attention was dedicated to the question of preventing the geographicalproliferation ofnuclear weapons and of reducing and eventually eliminating the military presence of countries from other regions.
A Declaration on thedenuclearization of the South Atlantic region was adopted at a meeting of member states held inBrasília in September 1994. TheU.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 anuclear-weapon-free zone but all member states are currently signatories of international treaties that prohibitnuclear weapons, namely theAfrican Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty and theTreaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, severalMid-Atlantic Ridge islands, theBritish overseas territory ofSaint Helena and its dependenciesAscension Island andTristan da Cunha, and Norway'sBouvet Island are not covered by those treaties. However, theBritish Overseas Territories of theFalkland Islands andSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are covered by these treaties.
| Country | Continent |
|---|---|
 Angola | Africa |
 Argentina | Americas |
 Benin | Africa |
 Brazil | Americas |
 Cameroon | Africa |
 Cape Verde | 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 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | Africa |
 Senegal | Africa |
 Sierra Leone | Africa |
 South Africa | Africa |
 Togo | Africa |
 Uruguay | Americas |
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