September 29, 2009
Comments on OAS Press Release

Hon. Jose Miguel Insulza
Secretary General,
Organization of American States

Re: Release dated September 27, 2009

The "current political conflict" in Honduras was caused by the return of Mr. Zelaya and his illegal use of the Brazil Embassy for political purposes. Brazil is in violation of the OAS Charter Chapter II, Article 3 and Chapter IV, Article 19.

The de facto Government of Honduras had agreed to a visit by an OAS delegation before the arrival of Mr. Zelaya when it appeared that the OAS was acting as a neutral party. It now appears that the purpose of the OAS visit is not to promote "social peace" but to intervene in the in the election process. We are not surprised that Honduras is forbidding a hostile OAS delegation to enter.

Mr. Zelaya was deposed legally following the constitution of Honduras. A new election will be held in November and Honduras will have a new President. Please advise your member countries to abide by the OAS Charter and allow a peaceful election to take place.

Alex Majthenyi
Delphi Communications


OAS Press Release:

OAS SECRETARY GENERAL CONDEMNS HONDURAN AUTHORITIES’ DECISION TO FORBID ENTRANCE OF OAS HIGH OFFICIALS INTO THE COUNTRY
September 27, 2009

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today condemned the decision taken by Honduran authorities of the de facto Government to forbid entrance into the country to a delegation of OAS high officials whose main objective was to pave the way for the visit to Tegucigalpa of a Mission composed of the head of the OAS and of Ministers of Foreign Relations of various regional countries.

"We lament this decision and consider it incomprehensible, since it was the very same de facto Government of Honduras that had agreed to the visit of the Mission of Foreign Ministers as well as to the OAS delegation whose objective was to prepare for it," said Secretary General Insulza.

"Actions like those taken today by the Honduran authorities of the de facto regime seriously hamper efforts to promote social peace in Honduras and to find solutions to the current political conflict based on dialogue and national reconciliation," said the head of the topmost hemispheric body. "I will inform the Permanent Council tomorrow, so that it may decide on the Organization’s future actions," Insulza added.

Nevertheless, the Secretary General affirmed that the OAS will remain committed to "the search for a peaceful solution to the crisis that currently affects the Honduran people."

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Charter of the Organization of American States

Chapter II
PRINCIPLES
Article 3
e)     Every State has the right to choose, without external interference, its political, economic, and social system and to organize itself in the way best suited to it, and has the duty to abstain from intervening in the affairs of another State. Subject to the foregoing, the American States shall cooperate fully among themselves, independently of the nature of their political, economic, and social systems;

Chapter IV
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF STATES
Article 19
     No State or group of States has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, for any reason whatever, in the internal or external affairs of any other State. The foregoing principle prohibits not only armed force but also any other form of interference or attempted threat against the personality of the State or against its political, economic, and cultural elements.

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