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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Support House Resolution on <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Honduras</st1:country-region></st1:place>!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Urge your Representative to become an original co-sponsor
TODAY of House Resolution demanding reinstatement of President Manuel
Zelaya in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Honduras</st1:place></st1:country-region>!</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><i><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>[This action alert comes from the <st1:City
w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City> for Global Justice, which has joined CISPES
and other members of the Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC) in
taking action against the coup in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Honduras</st1:place></st1:country-region>.]</span></font></i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <br>
<br>
Representatives James McGovern (D-MA) and Bill Delahunt (D-MA) have sent
out a Dear Colleague letter to the other members of the House of
Representatives asking them to sign on as original co- sponsors to a House
resolution calling for the reinstatement of Manuel Zelaya as president of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Honduras</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>See text of the letter and of
the House resolution below. <br>
</span></i></b><br>
Call your Representative and ask him or her to sign on! The Capitol
Switchboard number is: 202-224- 3121. All original co-sponsors need to be
added before 5pm today. Here is some suggested language for your call: <br>
<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>"Please tell Representative
_________________ that I urge him to be an original co-sponsor of the
McGovern/Delahunt resolution to oppose the military led coup in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Honduras</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
The resolution calls for the reinstatement of democracy in that country.
Please contact Cliff Stammerman or Ben Dailey in Delahunt's office before
close of business today as that will be the closing of original
cosponsors."</span></i> <br>
<br>
****************** <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Become an original co-sponsor of a
resolution opposing the coup d'état in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Honduras</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
Deadline is close of business Thursday, July 9, 2009</span></b> <br>
<br>
Dear Colleague: <br>
<br>
We ask you to join us in co-sponsoring the resolution below condemning the
coup d'état in Honduras, demanding that Honduran President Manuel Zelaya be
returned to office, and welcoming the mediation efforts of Costa Rican
President Oscar Arias. <br>
<br>
As you are no doubt aware, an internal political dispute in Honduras
degenerated into a coup d'état on June 28, 2009, in which the
democratically-elected President of Honduras was seized by the Honduran
military and sent into exile. This move was swiftly condemned by the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
the Organization of American States, the European Union, and the United
Nations, all of whom have demanded that President Zelaya be reinstated to
office. <br>
<br>
It is critical that Congress be crystal clear that coups are unacceptable.
This is particularly important in <st1:place w:st="on">Latin America</st1:place>,
a region which has suffered greatly in the past from military interference
in politics but over the last 30 years has generally moved towards democracy.
To accept the overthrow of a democratically-elected government is to wipe
away the progress that has been made - progress that has been supported by
both Democratic and Republican Presidents and Congresses. <br>
<br>
To sign on, please contact Cliff Stammerman or Ben Dailey in Congressman
Delahunt's office at (202) 226- 6434 or at <a
href="mailto:cliff.stammerman@mail.house.gov">cliff.stammerman@mail.house.gov</a>
or <a href="mailto:ben.dailey@mail.house.gov">ben.dailey@mail.house.gov</a>.
<br>
<br>
Sincerely, <br>
<br>
Bill Delahunt <br>
James P. McGovern <br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The Resolution:</span></b> <br>
<br>
Condemning the June 28, 2009 coup d'état in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Honduras</st1:place></st1:country-region>, calling for the
reinstatement of President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, and for other
purposes. <br>
<br>
Whereas Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales was elected President of Honduras in
November 2005 in elections that were deemed free and fair by international
observers; <br>
<br>
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; <br>
<br>
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; <br>
<br>
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; <br>
<br>
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; <br>
<br>
Whereas the Organization of American States, the United Nations, and the
European Union - representing governments from across the political
spectrum - have condemned the coup d'état, refused to recognize the de
facto Micheletti government, and demanded the unconditional return of
President Zelaya to office; <br>
<br>
Whereas on July 1, 2009, the Organization of American States voted
unanimously to suspend Honduras from participation in the OAS unless
President Zelaya was returned to office within three days; <br>
<br>
Whereas, on July 4, 2009, the OAS unanimously voted to suspend Honduras; <br>
<br>
Whereas the Administration of President Barack Obama has condemned
President Zelaya's removal, supported the OAS resolutions regarding
Honduras, and demanded that he be returned to office; <br>
<br>
Whereas the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank have suspended
aid and loans to Honduras; <br>
<br>
Whereas national elections are scheduled in Honduras for November 29, 2009;
<br>
<br>
Whereas President Zelaya has said that he will only serve until his term
ends in January 2010; <br>
<br>
Whereas it is critical for the stability of Honduras that the November 2009
elections be free, fair, and transparent; and <br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
Therefore, the House of Representatives: <br>
<br>
1) Condemns the June 28, 2009 coup d'état in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Honduras</st1:place></st1:country-region> and refuses to
recognize the de facto Micheletti government installed by that coup d'état;<br>
2) Calls on the Obama Administration to continue to refuse to recognize the
de facto Micheletti government;<br>
3) Calls for the reinstatement of President Zelaya as President of
Honduras;<br>
4) Urges the Obama Administration to suspend non-humanitarian assistance to
the de facto Micheletti government as required by U.S. law and as it deems
necessary to compel the return of President Zelaya to office; <br>
5) Calls for extensive international observation of the November 2009
elections once President Zelaya is returned to office to ensure that his
successor is elected freely, fairly, and transparently; and<br>
6) Welcomes the mediation of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and
encourages the Obama Administration to provide any assistance President
Arias requests in his efforts. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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