Please write immediately to the UN missions members of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, from Canada, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and others, IMMEDIATELY. The contact information for all the listed missions is below the sample letter.
Demand that the United Nations immediately impose an economic blockaid on Honduras, a demand of the National Front of Resistance to the Coup against Honduras. The United Nations initiated a session today.
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya yesterday arrived in Honduras, and is in the Brazilian Embassy. The defacto government is attacking protesters who have gathered around the Brazilian Embassy to protect the constitutionally elected President Manuel Zelaya. Dangerous quantities of tear gas are being used around the Brazilian embassy at a level that puts in danger the lives of the Brazilian diplomatic corps, President Zelaya, and neighbors of the Embassy.
According to radio reports in Honduras, protesters are being rounded up and held in stadiums. Live ammunition has been used against protesters along with extreme beatings. Masked men accompany police and military. Deaths of protesters are rumored. The offices of leading Honduran human rights organization COFADEH was attacked with tear gas. A curfew is in effect and scheduled to begin at 4 pm, and extreme repression during the curfew is expected.
Over the past 88 days the Resistance Front has maintained constant protests of thousands of protester daily.
SAMPLE LETTER
Esteemed Ambassador:
I write to request that in your capacity as a member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council you propose a resolution to obligate members of the United Nations to impose a trade bock aid against Honduras. In this way the non recognition of the de facto regime that came to power through a military coup on June 28, 2009 will be made effective.
Today the coup regime is undertaking a direct attack on the Embassy of Brazil, where the constitucional President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya is located. They are using dangerous levels of tear gas, and have fired live ammunition; acts that put at risk the lives and wellbeing of hundreds of members of Brazils diplomatic corpse and thousands of people in the street and homes around the embassy. This repression is the latest in 88 days of repression by the coup government.
For this reason it is urgent that an economic blockaid be imposed and that the possibility of a peace keeping mission be discussed.
Sincerely,
United Nations Missions in the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
Canada
E-mail: canada@un.int or prmny@international.gc.ca
Telephone:
212-848-1100
Fax: (1) 212-848-1195, -1192, -1128
United States
http://www.archive.usun.state.gov/Issues/contactus.html
Telephone212-415-4062
Fax: 212-415-4053
United Kingdom
UK@UN.int
Telephone: (1) (212) 745 9200
Fax:1 (212) 745 9316
France
france@franceonu.org
Telephone : 1 (212) 702 4900
Fax : 1 (212) 421 6889
Germany
http://www.new-york-un.diplo.de/Vertretung/newyorkvn/en/Kontakt.jsp
India
India@un.int
Tel: 212-490-9660
Fax: 212-490-9656
Netherlands
Tel: (212) 519-9500
Fax: (212) 370-1954
netherlands@un.int
New Zealand
Tel: (212) 826 1960
Fax: (212) 758 0827
Email nzmissionny@earthlink.net
Norway
Phone: 212-421-0280
Fax: 212-688-0554
E-mail: delun@mfa.no
Sweden
sweden@un.int
Telephone: (212) 583-2500
Fax: 212 583 2549
This Alert was prepared by the Campaign for Labor Rights.
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