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In 1982, ambassador emeritus Alfonso García Robles (Zamora de Hidalgo, 1911-Mexico City, 1991) became the first Mexican to receive a Nobel Prize when he was distinguished in the Peace category along with Swedish diplomat Alva Myrdal, for his remarkable contributions on informing the world opinion about armament issues.

Being president of the Preparatory Commission for the Denuclearization of Latin America, he was instrumental in achieving the signature, in 1967, of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, which forbids the development, acquisition, testing and deployment of weapons, proclaiming this entire region as a nuclear-weapon-free zone, for which he is known as “the father of the Tlatelolco Treaty”. This initiative represented a decisive step for the preservation of peace and international stability.

The standard established by the Tlatelolco Treaty was gradually adopted in other regions of the world, until in 2017 a global commitment for nuclear disarmament was achieved.

Doctor García Robles received awards from ten Latin American, European, African and Asian countries, as well as numerous honorary positions both in this country and abroad.