[News] OAS - No Government Arising from this Unconstitutional Interruption Will Be Recognized
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Mon Jun 29 12:04:14 EDT 2009
"No Government Arising from this Unconstitutional
Interruption Will Be Recognized"
OAS Demands "the Immediate, Safe and
Unconditional Return of President José Manuel
Zelaya Rosales to His Constitutional Functions" in Honduras
By the Organization of American States
Unanimous Declaration
June 29, 2009
CP/RES. 953 (1700/09)
CURRENT SITUATION IN HONDURAS
(Adopted at the meeting of June 28, 2009)
THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,
CONSIDERING the grave situation taking place in
the Republic of Honduras as a result of the coup
detat against the government of President José
Manuel Zelaya Rosales, which has produced an
unconstitutional alteration of the democratic
order, which the Permanent Council rejects and repudiates;
CONCERNED with the break-down of the
constitutional order in the Republic of Honduras;
REAFIRMING the importance of strict adherence and
respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms, and the principle of non-intervention
in the internal affairs of other States;
REITERATING the principles established in the
Charter of the Organization of American States
and the Inter-American Democratic Charter on the
strengthening and preservation of the democratic
institutional system in member states, and
RECALLING CP/RES. 952 (1699/09) of June 26, 2009,
relative to the situation in Honduras,
RESOLVES:
* To condemn vehemently the coup détat
staged this morning against the
constitutionally-established Government of
Honduras, and the arbitrary detention and
expulsion from the country of the constitutional
president José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, which has
produced an unconstitutional alteration of the democratic order.
* To demand the immediate, safe and
unconditional return of President José Manuel
Zelaya Rosales to his constitutional functions.
* To declare that no government arising from
this unconstitutional interruption will be recognized.
* To instruct the Secretary General of the
OAS to urgently attend the meeting of the Central
American Integration System (SICA), that will
take place in Managua, Nicaragua, and in
accordance with Article 20 of the Inter-American
Democratic Charter, to carry out all necessary
consultations with the member states of the Organization.
* To vehemently condemn all acts of violence
and especially the reported arbitrary detention
of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Patricia
Rodas, other Ministers of Government, as well as
the Mayor of San Pedro Sula, and associated
individuals, and to demand that their physical
safety and security be respected and that they be released immediately.
* To immediately convene a special session of
the OAS General Assembly to take place at the
headquarters of the Organization, on Tuesday,
June 30, 2009, to take whatever decisions it
considers appropriate, in accordance with the
Charter of the Organization of American States,
international law, and the provisions of the
Inter-American Democratic Charter.
* To instruct the Secretary General to
transmit the resolution to the Secretary General of the United Nations.
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