UN General Assembly
1982

led Nicaragua to make yet another effort and on 6 August we extended an invitation to the President of Honduras to meet in Managua with the Co-ordinator of the Government Junta of National Reconstruction of Nicaragua. It was made known unofficially that such a meeting would require a prior meeting of Foreign Ministers. On 24 August I sent an invitation to the Honduran Minister for External Relations for us to meet in Managua in early September, an invitation I renewed on 4 October, asking him to set the date. The Honduran response to both invitations was that an excessive work-load made any commitments impossible now. Under these circumstances, the Governments of Mexico and Venezuela launched their very worthwhile peace initiative, which Nicaragua immediately welcomed and which we were most pleased to accept, but which Honduras has, unfortunately, rejected on the grounds of having matters of a higher priority to deal with at present. 276. Fully aware of the delicate situation existing in Central America, Nicaragua has redoubled its efforts and will continue to do all