UN cancels election aid to Honduras

[Judi Lynn]

UN cancels election aid to Honduras
Irish Sun
Sunday 13th September, 2009
(IANS)

New York, Sep 13 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations has decided to cut off a previously announced aid to Honduras for its upcoming elections, as a new action against the putschists who took over the country in June.

The contribution, which was expected to be channelled through the UN Development Programme (UNDP), was now cancelled and it will be announced Monday, Honduran envoy to the UN Jorge Arturo Reina told Prensa Latina Saturday.

In exclusive remarks to Prensa Latina, the diplomat explained that there is also a document drafted by Latin American countries for the UN to declare that it will not recognise any eventual election that the might be held by the putschists.

The text was proposed by the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and assumed by the rest of governments in Latin America, according to Reina.

The Honduran crisis will be a main focus of attention during the first days of the 64th ordinary session of the UN General Assembly that is scheduled to start Tuesday.

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