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Article: UN General Assembly slams military coup in Honduras
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- June 29, 2009
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UN General Assembly slams military coup in Honduras
UNITED NATIONS, June 29 (Xinhua) -- In an emergency meeting of
the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, diplomats and
regional groups came together to condemn the military coup in
Honduras and called for the restoration of constitutional order.
UN General Assembly President Miguel D'Escoto addressed the
meeting's opening by strongly condemning the "outrageous" army coup
which deposed of Honduras President Manuel Zelaya in the early hours
of Sunday morning.
"It is with a heavy heart and deep personal outrage that I open
this plenary session to consider the coup d'tat that interrupted the
democratic and constitutional rule of ...