Post on 29 July 2021 by Anne Marie Steiger
July 28, 2020
Jean du Preez
The 7th Disarmament and Nonproliferation Summer School for Latin American and Caribbean diplomats jointly organized by CNS in partnership with the Mexican Foreign Ministry, the agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin American and the Caribbean (OPANAL) and the Matías Romero Institute in Mexico City, was held in a virtual format from 28 June – 9 July 2021. In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This was the second virtual course following 5 previous courses that have been held in Mexico City since 2014. The course gathered more than 30 junior to mid-level diplomats from 16 countries in the region (with a majority of women participants) as well as 35 experts speakers and panelists from all over the world.