US embassy cable - 05TEGUCIGALPA1531

C O N F I D E N T I A L TEGUCIGALPA 001531 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR P, IO, IO/UNP, WHA, AND WHA/CEN 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/26/2015 
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, KUNR, AORC, HO, UNSC, UNGA 
SUBJECT: HONDURAS CO-SPONSORING, NOT OPPOSING, G-4 
RESOLUTION ON UNSC REFORM; GOH NOT OPPOSED TO DELAY IN VOTE 
 
REF: A. STATE 137602 
 
     B. STATE 132429 
     C. STATE 126870 
     D. TEGUCIGALPA 1377 
     E. STATE 111637 
 
Classified By: Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Jesse Coronado; 
Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
1. (C) Acting PolChief demarched Honduran MFA Acting Director 
General (A/DG) of Foreign Policy Alan Javier Oviedo Garcia 
July 19 and delivered talking points (refs B/C) on the 
proposed G-4 resolution for expanding the UN Security Council 
(UNSC).  A/DG Oviedo told Acting PolChief that Honduras was a 
co-sponsor of the G-4 proposal and planned to vote for it, 
should it come to a vote.  A/DG Oviedo assured PolOff he 
would read and consider U.S. talking points on the issue and 
agreed that the issue should not be rushed.  In addition, 
Oviedo mentioned that Egypt had sent a draft of the African 
Union ideas for Security Council reform and that GOH would be 
interested in specific U.S. reaction to those ideas.  PolOff 
and Oviedo had previously discussed the UNSC reform issue 
during a June 23 demarche (ref D). 
 
2. (C) PolChief spoke to Foreign Minister Mario Fortin July 
26 and delivered ref A talking points.  Fortin told PolChief 
that Honduras had long supported the aspirations of Japan and 
Germany to gain seats on the UN Security Council, and as 
such, Honduras was co-sponsoring the G-4 resolution.  Fortin 
noted to PolChief that the GOH had supported Japan's UNSC 
desires since the Flores Administration (1998-2002) and 
Germany's aspirations even longer.  If and when the 
resolution came up for a vote, Honduras would vote for the 
resolution.  However, said Fortin, Honduras had no objection 
to a delay in the vote to buy time to reach consensus. 
 
3. (C) Comment:  It appears likely that the G-4 resolution 
was a subject of discussion during bilateral meetings between 
Japanese and Honduran MFA officials on the margins of the 
Central American Presidential Summit June 29-30 in 
Tegucigalpa.  End Comment. 
Tuebner