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2 September 1991 (aged 80) Mexico City, Mexico. Alma mater. National Autonomous University of Mexico ( LLB) Awards. Nobel Peace Prize (1982) Signature. Alfonso García Robles (20 March 1911 – 2 September 1991) was a Mexican diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden 's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982.
- Entered Diplomatic Service
- Negotiated Treaty of Tlateloco
- Became International Figure
- Received The Nobel Peace Prize
- Cofounder of Contadora Group
- Honored in Life and Death
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In 1939 García Robles became a member of his country's foreign service, first working as a secretary of the Mexican delegation in Sweden. In 1945 he was Mexico's delegate at the San Francisco Conference, a global summit that involved the founding of the United Nations. As a result of his efforts at this pivotal conference, he obtained a position at...
Since 1964 García Robles had served as under-secretary of foreign affairs to Mexican president Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. In this position, he was able to effectively champion the cause of international nuclear disarmament— particularly disarmament for Latin America—and this directly led to his key role in the formation of the Treaty of Tlateloco. His rol...
The Tlatelolco Treaty was the crowning achievement of García Robles's distinguished career. In all, the negotiations lasted four years and were concluded in the Tlatelolco Plaza in Mexico City. While García Robles's role eventually led to his receiving the Nobel Prize in 1982, this honor was not bestowed for the Tlatelolco Agreement alone. The Nobe...
García Robles continued his untiring efforts toward global nuclear disarmament during the U.N. disarmament sessions held in 1982 as the second of three scheduled sessions (a third was held in 1999). This second session turned out to be less positive than the first. While supporting his idea of a world disarmament campaign, the assembly failed to ad...
Following their award, García Robles and Myrdal worked together in another important effort toward world peace: the creation of the Contadora Group, which was established in 1983 to deal with the highly volatile situation in Central America. The group's main goals are to bring to an end the terrible suffering endured by the people of Central Americ...
In 1990 the Fulbright-García Robles scholarship honoring García Robles and U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright was established to help both Mexican and U.S. citizens. García Robles passed away the following year on September 2, 1991, in Mexico City, Mexico. After his death his widow, Juanita García Robles, gifted her husband's personal 1,100-volume l...
"Alfonso García Robles Biography," Nobel e-Museum,http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1982/robles-bio.html(March 15, 2003). "Contadora Group and the Central American Crisis," Global Security.com,http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1985/SA.htm(March 15, 2003). □
Alfonso García Robles was born in Zamora in Mexico in 1911. After studying law he entered his country’s foreign service in 1939. From 1962 to 1964 he held the post of Ambassador to Brazil, and from 1964 to 1970 was State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1971 to 1975 he was Mexico’s permanent representative in the United ...
Alfonso García Robles (born March 20, 1911, Zamora, Michoacán, Mex.—died Sept. 2, 1991, Mexico City) was a Mexican diplomat and advocate of nuclear disarmament. He was a corecipient with Alva Myrdal of Sweden of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1982. After receiving his law degree in Mexico and completing graduate study at the University of ...
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Sep 2, 1991 · Alfonso García Robles. The Nobel Peace Prize 1982. Born: 20 March 1911, Zamora, Mexico. Died: 2 September 1991, Mexico City, Mexico. Residence at the time of the award: Geneva, Switzerland. Role: Diplomat; delegate to the United Nations General Assembly on Disarmament; former Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Prize motivation: “for their work ...
Also Known As: Alfonso Garcia Robles. Died At Age: 80. Diplomats Mexican Men. Died on: September 2, 1991. place of death: Mexico City. More Facts. Childhood & Early Life. Alfonso García Robles was born on 20 March 1911, in Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico, into a family of merchants. He received his secondary education in Guadalajara.
Alfonso García Robles. José Alfonso Eufemio Nicolás de Jesús García Robles 2 ( Zamora, Michoacán; 20 de marzo de 1911- Ciudad de México, 2 de septiembre de 1991) fue un diplomático mexicano que fue secretario de Relaciones Exteriores entre 1975 y 1976. Fue presidente de la Comisión Preparatoria para la Desnuclearización de América ...
