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05TEGUCIGALPA273
2005-02-07 17:00:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tegucigalpa
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HONDURAN RESPONSE TO G-8 FM'S LETTER ON IAEA

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UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 000273 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NP/MNA, NP/PPC, WHA/PPC, AND WHA/CEN
UNVIE FOR IAEA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP TRGY PREL AORC PARM OPDC HO IAEA
SUBJECT: HONDURAN RESPONSE TO G-8 FM'S LETTER ON IAEA
ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL: GOH DISCUSSING POSSIBLE AGREEMENT

REF: A. 04 TEGUCIGALPA 2872


B. OLSEN/GOODMAN E-MAIL 12/17/04

C. 04 STATE 268619

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 000273

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NP/MNA, NP/PPC, WHA/PPC, AND WHA/CEN
UNVIE FOR IAEA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP TRGY PREL AORC PARM OPDC HO IAEA
SUBJECT: HONDURAN RESPONSE TO G-8 FM'S LETTER ON IAEA
ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL: GOH DISCUSSING POSSIBLE AGREEMENT

REF: A. 04 TEGUCIGALPA 2872


B. OLSEN/GOODMAN E-MAIL 12/17/04

C. 04 STATE 268619


1. As reported ref A, Embassy delivered the G-8 Foreign
Ministers' letter on the IAEA Comprehensive Safeguard
Agreements and the Additional Protocol in English (ref C)
and Spanish (ref B),under cover letter from the Ambassador,
to Minister of Foreign Affairs Leonidas Rosa Bautista in
December 2004. The GOH sent an official reply, dated
January 13 (but received by the Embassy January 24) stating
that internal GOH consultations were ongoing over possible
Honduran signature of an Additional Protocol with the IAEA.
Post, in conjunction with the Japanese Embassy that has also
expressed strong interest in this issue, is following up
with MFA officials. PolOff spoke to MFA Director General of
Treaties Ivonne Bonilla February 7 to ask for clarification
about the status of the GOH consultations. Bonilla said
that the MFA was awaiting responses from various GOH
ministries tasked to review the draft IAEA Additional
Protocol. She pledged to inform the G-8 (via the Embassy)
of any significant developments in the GOH process.


2. The following is an informal translation of the text of
GOH reply. Begin text:

No. 11-DT Tegucigalpa, January 13, 2005

Dear Mr. Ambassador:

I have the pleasure to address you on the occasion of
acknowledging your letter of December 22, 2004, in which you
enclose the letter of Secretary of State Collin L. Powell
and the Ministers of Foreign Relations of the G-8, asking
the Government of Honduras to adhere to the Additional
Universal Protocol of Safeguard Measures of Nuclear
Materials of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

In this respect, I have the honor to inform you that
Honduras is part of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) and the following international instruments as part
of organizational bylaws speak to the mentioned
participation:


1. The Agreement between Honduras and the International
Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in
Relation with the Treaty for the Proscription of Nuclear
Arms in Latin America and the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Arms, ratified on May 16, 1973 (NPT).

2. Protocol Related to the Agreement between the Republic of
Honduras and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the
Application of Safeguards in Relation to the Treaty for the
Proscription of Nuclear Arms in Latin America and the Non-
Proliferation Treaty on Nuclear Arms.

3. The Treaty for the Total Prohibition of Nuclear Testing
(CTBT) signed on September 25, 1992.

In addition, Honduras is a member of OPANAL [Agency for the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the
Caribbean] and maintains Safeguard Agreements with NPT,
which entered into force on October 31, 1992.

With reference to the above, I am pleased to inform you that
the necessary consultations will take place with the
institutions involved with the matter at hand, so that the
procedures necessary for Honduras' adhesion to the protocol
ut supra [as above] may take place.

I avail myself of the opportunity to express to you the
assurances of my highest and distinguished consideration.

Leonidas Rosa Bautista
Minister of Foreign Relations

Excellency
Larry L Palmer
Ambassador of the United States of America
Tegucigalpa

End text.

Palmer