UN Sec-Gen Calls on OAS to Find Peaceful Solution. So how's that work with Honduras not in OAS now??

[magbana]

The more I think about it, the expulsion of Honduras (under the de facto gov't) from OAS ended up being a win-win for the Pinochettis and the OAS. Honduras doesn't have to worry about OAS meddling in their slaughter and the OAS doesn't have to deal with the slaughtering Pinochettis.

Since the beginning of this crap, the State Dept. has continuously thrown the ball to OAS and it is now at a dead end. Once again, I imagine that was all part of the plan. Ban-Ki Moon's call for OAS to figure it out is as hollow as many of his pronouncements. But, I want to state so it doesn't look like I'm beating up on Moon, the Secretary-General's role is to implement directions given from the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly. I'm sure that Moon would not make a statement about Honduras unless permanent member of the Security Council, the US, said so.


UN Secretary-General Calls on OAS to Find Peaceful Solution to Honduran Crisis

Geneva, July 6 (RHC)-- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday voiced his sadness at the deaths that have occurred in Honduras following the ouster of President José Manuel Zelaya, and called on the Organization of American States (OAS) to find a peaceful solution to the ongoing crisis.

Zelaya was forcibly exiled by the military on June 28th, hours before a non-binding consultation on changing the Honduran constitution. He attempted to fly back to Honduras on Sunday, accompanied by General Assembly President Miguel D’Escoto and several regional leaders, but was prevented from landing at the airport in the capital, Tegucigalpa.

At least two people were reportedly killed when soldiers clashed with supporters of the President over the weekend.

In statements to reporters in Geneva, Switzerland, Ban said: “I am very saddened by the loss of lives in the course of these demonstrations” and added that the military coup that expelled Zelaya from his country is “unacceptable,” according to several international media outlets.

He said the Honduran authorities “should refrain from using excessive force,” and added that the country’s citizens “should be allowed to express their free will, without being intimidated, without being threatened by physical force.”

The UN Secretary-General also stressed that any unconstitutional change of power is unacceptable, and welcomed the role and measures taken by the OAS.

“I sincerely hope that OAS at this time will take the necessary leadership role to find a peaceful solution to this issue, whereby the constitutional order can be restored.”"
http://www.radiohc.cu/viejo/ingles/noticias/julio%2009/6/mundo2noche.htmas

[Bacchus39]

1. Honduras will have to come up with a solution

and not have it imposed from outside interveners.

[Peace Patriot]

4. "Outside interveners"? Hm. Like the USAID-NED and the International Republican

Institute, who have funneled $49 million of US tax dollars to the rightwing political groups in Honduras? Or "outside interveners" like John McCain?

http://www.chavezcode.com/

You make me laugh. The US, in its worst political and military domination programs, could not be a bigger "outside intervener" in Honduran affairs. The question now I think is: Will the US stop intervening on the side of the rich and lawless elite, "trained" and funded by the International Republican Institute, and the "School of the Americas"-trained military, and start promoting the interests and ideals of the vast majority of our own citizens toward social justice and peace at home and in our own hemisphere?

US intervention on the wrong side is a given in Honduras. If Obama is true to his word--and intends peaceful and respectful relations with Latin America--he needs to counter-intervene, at this point, stop this funding of rightwing coupsters and militarists, and start bending US policy toward progressive, peaceful and respectful ends. And a good place to begin would be to de-fund this coup.

[struggle4progress]

2. Honduras hasn't been expelled from OAS: the country has been suspended, which

simply means that OAS is not recognizing the usurpers as representatives of the legitimate government

[magbana]

3. Yes, as I stated . .

"the expulsion of Honduras (under the de facto gov't) from OAS" I think we are both saying that Honduras is not represented in the OAS because the Micheletti regime is not legitimate, right?