[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 620 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 620

 Condemning the violence in Honduras and calling for the return of the 
                        duly elected President.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2009

 Mr. Serrano submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Condemning the violence in Honduras and calling for the return of the 
                        duly elected President.

Whereas, on November 27, 2005, Manuel Zelaya was elected President of Honduras;
Whereas, on June 28, 2009, President Manuel Zelaya was removed from office with 
        18 months left in his term and was subsequently expelled from the 
        country by the Honduran military;
Whereas the current leadership in Honduras refuses to allow President Zelaya to 
        return to the country;
Whereas the Organization of American States, the United Nations Secretary-
        General Ban Ki Moon, and the United Nations General Assembly have all 
        condemned the coup; and
Whereas since the overthrow of the president, the coup government has violently 
        suppressed peaceful demonstrations: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) calls upon the leaders of the coup in Honduras to end 
        their illegal seizure of power, to allow the president to 
        return to his duly elected post, and to work within the rule of 
        law to resolve current and future differences with the elected 
        government; and
            (2) condemns the ongoing violence against peaceful 
        demonstrators in Honduras.
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