Urge to recognize Zelaya’s Govt:

UN ignores Honduras coup leaders

UN: The United Nations Security Council tossed aside a letter by Honduras coup leaders in which they requested its intervention after alleged threats and provocation by Venezuela.

UN diplomats told Prensa Latina that the letter has not received any attention, and it will not be distributed as an official document.

That decision was made by Ugandan Ambassador Ruhakana Rugunda, who received the document Thursday as Security Council chairman.

“The Security Council only receives correspondence from governments and organizations that it recognizes”, the consulted diplomatic officials highlighted.

The letter is signed by Honduras de facto foreign minister Carlos L¢pez Contreras, who accuses Venezuelan President Hugo Ch vez of plotting to invade the Central American nation.

He also claimed that the jet with Venezuelan registration in which Honduran constitutional President Manuel Zelaya tried to return to Honduras on July 5 had violated Honduras airspace. The UN Security Council considers the de facto government in Honduras illegal, after the UN General Assembly passed a resolution condemning the June 28 coup. It has also called upon the UN 192 members not to recognize other government than Zelaya’s.

United Nations, Prensa Latina