For many years, SGI Mexico has hosted the exhibition “Everything You Treasure—For a World Free From Nuclear Weapons,” jointly created by the SGI and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Displayed at universities and other venues around the country, the exhibition aims to raise awareness of the nuclear weapons issue and create global momentum toward their prohibition and elimination.
On 6 May 2025, the exhibition was shown at the Congress building of Mexico City. At the opening ceremony, Martha Ávila, then President of the Board of Directors of the Congress of Mexico City, attended and delivered a speech. Many guests and visitors viewed the exhibition conveying the horrors of nuclear weapons.
Exhibition opening ceremony held at the Congress building in Mexico City
On 7 August 2025, the exhibition opened at Anáhuac University in Mexico City. This marked the 50th time the exhibition has been shown in Mexico. At the opening ceremony, University Vice President Jose Rodrigo Posón López delivered remarks. Ambassador Flávio Roberto Bonzanini, Secretary-General of OPANAL (the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean), also attended.
Mexico has helped create global momentum toward the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons. In 2014, Mexico hosted the Second International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, which added impetus to the movement toward the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Mexico also played a central role in the establishment of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, which declared Latin America and the Caribbean as the world’s first Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (entered into force in 1968).
Exhibition opening ceremony held at Anáhuac University in Mexico City
From the standpoint of civil society, SGI has promoted nuclear abolition through exhibitions and other initiatives. In January 2025, SGI was awarded the “Medal of Merit for Peace and Nuclear Abolition” by the Alfonso García Robles Diplomatic Foundation, named after the former Mexican foreign minister who contributed to the Treaty of Tlatelolco and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982.
