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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 630 

Condemning the June 28, 2009, coup d’etat in Honduras, calling for the 

reinstatement of President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 10, 2009 

Mr. DELAHUNT (for himself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, 

Mr. SERRANO, Mr. FARR, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. FILNER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Ms. BALDWIN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the June 28, 2009, coup d’etat in Honduras, 

calling for the reinstatement of President Jose Manuel 

Zelaya Rosales, and for other purposes. 

Whereas Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales was elected President 

of Honduras in November 2005 in elections that were 

deemed free and fair by international observers; 

Whereas President Zelaya and other political actors in Honduras became embroiled in a political dispute over whether to hold a non-binding referendum asking Honduran 

voters whether they wanted a constituent assembly to be 

established to amend the Constitution; 


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Whereas, on June 28, 2009, the day that the non-binding 

referendum was to take place, Honduran military forces 

stormed President Zelaya’s residence, apprehended him, 

sent him out of the country, and seized the materials for 

the referendum; 

Whereas the Honduran Congress named Roberto Micheletti, 

the head of the Congress, as President and subsequently 

suspended a number of constitutional rights, including 

the freedom of association and of movement; 

Whereas the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 

has expressed its concerns regarding human rights 

abuses by the de facto Micheletti government, including 

the arbitrary detention of Zelaya supporters; 

Whereas the Organization of American States (OAS), the 

United Nations, and the European Union, representing 

governments from across the political spectrum, have 

condemned the coup d’e ́tat, refused to recognize the de 

facto Micheletti government, and demanded the unconditional return of President Zelaya to office; 

Whereas, on July 1, 2009, the OAS voted unanimously to 

suspend Honduras from participation in the OAS unless 

President Zelaya was returned to office within three 

days; 

Whereas, on July 4, 2009, the OAS unanimously voted to 

suspend Honduras; 

Whereas the Obama Administration has condemned President 

Zelaya’s removal, supported the OAS resolutions regarding Honduras, and demanded that he be returned to office; 

Whereas the World Bank and Inter-American Development 

Bank have suspended aid and loans to Honduras; 


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Whereas national elections are scheduled in Honduras for 

November 29, 2009; 

Whereas President Zelaya has said that he will only serve 

until his term ends in January 2010; 

Whereas it is critical for the stability of Honduras that the 

November 2009 elections be free, fair, and transparent; 

and 

Whereas U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced on July 7, 2009, that Costa Rican President 

Oscar Arias would seek to negotiate a solution to the crisis, and President Zelaya and the de facto Micheletti government have agreed to the mediation of President Arias: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns the June 28, 2009, coup d’e ́tat in 

3 Honduras and refuses to recognize the de facto 

4 Micheletti government installed by that coup d’e ́tat; 

5 (2) calls on the Obama Administration to con6 tinue to refuse to recognize the de facto Micheletti 

7 government; 

8 (3) calls for the reinstatement of President 

9 Zelaya as President of Honduras; 

10 (4) urges the Obama Administration to suspend 

11 nonhumanitarian assistance to the de facto 

12 Micheletti government as required by United States 

13 law as it deems necessary to compel the return of 

14 President Zelaya to office; 


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1 (5) calls for extensive international observation 

2 of the November 2009 elections once President 

3 Zelaya is returned to office to ensure that his suc4 cessor is elected freely, fairly, and transparently; and 

5 (6) welcomes the mediation of Costa Rican 

6 President Oscar Arias and encourages the Obama 

7 Administration to provide any assistance President 

8 Arias requests in his efforts. 

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