FINAL DECLARATION MILITARY COUP IN HONDURAS

TAKEN At LATIN AMERICA EMERGENCY MEETING Sydney November 21, 2009

FIRSTLY: On 28 June 2009, the Democratic Institutions and the most basic and fundamental rights of the Honduran people were violated and made vulnerable, as a product of a destructive and widely denounced military coup regime headed by ROBERTO MICHELETTI, the Honduran oligarchy and with the complete support and backing by the most recalcitrant and right-wing of both Latin America and the United States of North America respectively.

SECONDLY: The lies and delay tactics to avoid at all costs to have the people’s democratically elected president – MANUEL ZELAYA ROSALES-, restituted urgently to his role; these lies and tactics, have been fully revealed before the national and international public opinion, affirming that all the negotiations for the ‘restitution’ of MANUEL ZELAYA promoted by the actual government of the North American president – BARACK OBAMA, and OSCAR ARIAS, Costa Rican President, always did have an interventionist focus and intention, and of complete support for the executors of the military coup.

THIRDLY: The actions and diligences undertaken by the Organisation of American States (OAS); given the consequent effects on the rest of the hemisphere and particularly on Central America that the beginning of the political crisis in Honduras posed, OAS tried to impose urgent measures of pressure against the regime, but through the chosen process they gave the space and time to allow the US government to create conditions for proposals that are favourable to Micheletti, and to avoid at all costs for Manuel Zelaya’s return to Honduras as his return would allow him to struggle with the people for his restitution. It remains demonstrated once again, that both the UN and the OAS when they intervene in any conflict within their jurisdiction and under the pressure of the international right wing forces, their actions, diligences, resolutions and special envoys always lack the moral, political and juridical authority from the beginning to the end, remain subordinated, in this case, by the US imperialists.

FOURTHLY: We admire and congratulate all the Honduran people that, with a high civic and patriotic spirit of non-violent struggle, has known intelligently to, in any part of the Honduran territory, stand up against and continue despite the brutalities of the massive repressive under the military dictatorship rule of the ROBERTO MICHELETTI coup regime; this non-violent struggle has had a high social cost in deaths, forced disappearances, imprisonment, tortures, and the permanent violations to the individual and social guarantees of the Honduran people.

FIFTHLY: On 29 November 2009 the elections including to elect the president and vice-president of Honduras will be held, openly and shamelessly endorsed by the OBAMA government, the said electoral event will be completely illegal and unconstitutional in virtue of that Manuel Zelaya has not been restituted as the legitimate president of the nation, which was the first point within the agreement mediated by Oscar Arias, supported by the international community, and respectively demanded for by the OAS.

SIXTH: The negotiator sent at the last minute by OBAMA to Honduras to persuade and convince Zelaya to form a government of unity CRAIG KELLY, he always had the intention of manipulating the situation in favour of the regime by starting or forming a government of national unity, but, under the leadership of Micheletti; Manuel Zelaya immediately rejected this perverse and anti-democratic proposal. It is under this panorama that Zelaya denounced the entire negotiation process as nullified and declared he would not accept restitution if it is only to legitimize the process. He condemns and declares illegitimate the election scheduled for 29 November 2009.

FOLLOWING AND DUE TO THE ABOVE, THIS CONFERENCE CELEBRATED IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 21 NOVEMBER 2009

CONDEMNS:

1.The military coup against the democratic and progressive government of MANUEL ZELAYA ROSALES which took place 28 June 2009

2.On 28 June 2009, a government/regime in Honduras installed itself, it is illegitimate, antidemocratic, and of a fascist court, which is its fundamental base for maintaining in power the constant human rights violations against the people of Honduras.

3.Deplores and condemns the manipulation, trickery, and delay tactics of the interventionism of the actual US government of BARACK OBAMA, supporting the coup regime decidedly and openly.

4.Condemns the attitude of the US government in ENDORSING the electoral process that will take place on 29 November; demonstrating itself under the watch of the international community that their national security policy and intention to continue making Latin America Washington’s backyard, this harmful policy has been applied in Honduras by use of double standards and double discourse.

DECLARES:

IN RECOGNIT ION OF WHICH THIS CONFERENCE IN AUSTRALIA IS HELD IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF HONDURAS, WE SEEK FOR THE ACTUAL PRESIDENT MANUEL ZELAYA ROSALES TO CONTINUE IN HIS CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION AND ACT IN FAVOUR OF CONSTITUTIONALITY, DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN HONDURAS; PROMISING TO REALISE CAMPAIGNS, SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AND TO CONTINUE DENOUNCING, SO THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONDURAS ONE DAY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, ACHIEVES ITS FINAL OBJECTIVES CONSISTENT WITH THE FORMATION OF A FREE, SOVEREIGN, INDEPENDENT NATION, WITHOUT INTERVENTIONS OF ANY NATURE.

PARTICIPANTS AND SIGNATORIES OF THE DECLARATION:

•SANTIAGO REYES, Representative of the Resistance Front against the military coup in Honduras and permanent member of the Latinamerican Social Forum in Australia.
•ROSIE WONG, Human rights activist and recently visited Honduras.
•DR. PETER ROSS, Senior Lecturer of the School of Latin American Studies in the University of New South Wales, Australia.
•KYLIE BENTON-CONNEL, Activist from Friends of the Earth Sydney
•PASCUAL PICHUN, leader of the Mapuche People, Chile.
•DUBAN VELEZ, union leader of Colombia.

ORGANIZERS AND SIGNATURES OF THE DECLARATION:

•Latin American Solidarity Network-LASNET
•Australia Honduras Solidarity Coalition.
•Friends of the Earth-Sydney.
•Search Foundation.
•Latin America Social Forum.
•Latin American Indigenous Campaign, Friends of the Earth-Melbourne.
•Chilean Popular & Indigenous Solidarity Network
•Colombia Demands Justice Campaign.

Read, ratified, approved, and signed this present FINAL DECLARATION, by the persons participating in this conference, organizers, and public attendants, 21 NOVEMBER 2009 in the suburb of MARRICKVILLE, Sydney AUSTRALIA, at 6 o’clock in the afternoon.