Central America Leaders Meet with UN Secretary General

Leaders of Central America from Belize, Panama and the Dominican Republic will join Honduras to make a formal presentation to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon today. The topic is Regional Security, Environment and Climate Change, and the Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (Comisión Contra la Impunidad en Guatemala [CCIG]).

The President arrived in Guatemala a private flight accompanied by the Minister of the Presidency and Presidential designee, Marie Antoinette Guillén; the Foreign Minister, Mario Canahuati; the private secretary of the Presidency, Reinaldo Sánchez; the Security Minister Óscar Álvarez; and UN representative, Mary Elizabeth Flores. They were greeted by the Ambassador of Honduras in Guatemala, Jorge Miguel Gabrie, who invited the Honduran delegation to meet the personnel of the diplomatic mission.

The Honduran group met at the National Palace of Culture, where they exchanged views with their counterparts in Central America, Belize, Panama and the Dominican Republic. The meeting was chaired by the President of Guatemala, Álvaro Colom. Each head of state and government made a 10 minute formal presentation to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon.

The presidents of the participating nations and their delegations of government, are posing for an official photo with the UN Secretary General before holding a joint press conference, and then retiring to lunch with the Guatemalan President in the courtyard.

It is expected that President Lobo Sosa and his entourage will be back in Honduras at 5:00 pm.


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