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  • UN Security Council to Honduran Authorities: Back off Brazilian Embassy

    09/25/2009 3:11:24 PM PDT · by don-o · 20 replies · 748+ views
    VOA ^ | September 25, 2009 | Margaret Besheer
    The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting on the situation in the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras, where ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has been sheltering since Monday. The council condemned acts of intimidation and called on the defacto Honduran authorities to stop harassing the embassy. Security Council president for the month of September, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice, read a statement from the council, in which it stressed the importance of respecting international law by preserving the inviolability of the embassy and the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations. "They [the council] condemned acts of intimidation against the Brazilian Embassy and...