text: sueh groups remain in their country of origin, unaler whag tnay be regarded as adequate progection,A/44/948 S/2l304 English Page2 ANNEX ?resscommunique issuedatTegucigalpa on16May1990 bytheHonduran Ministry ofForeign Affairs Presscommunique No.023-90. TheMinistry ofForeign Affairs informs the Honduran public andthepUblic aroundtheworldofthefollowing: 1.ItistheConstitutional Government's firmandclearposition thatitwill tolerate neither thepresence ofirregular forces onHonduran territory northeuse ofHonduran territory foractions constituting aviolation ofHonduran sovereignty andoftheinternational obligations ofHonduras. TheNicaraguan resistance or counter-revolutionary forces haveleftHonduran territory, andtheformercontra combatants andtheirfamilies inHonduras, whoremain disarmed, havebeenregrouped intransit campsunderthecontrol oftheInternational Support andVerification Commission/Office oftheUnited Nations HighCommissioner forRefugees (CIAV/UNHCR) andofHonduran civilian andmilitary authorities. TheNicaraguan citizens in question willberepatriated toNicaragua assoonaspossible, inaccordance with theseriesofagreements andaccords signed bytheCentral American Presidents and theparties directly concerned. 2.On12MaygroupsofNicaraguans compr1s1ng anapproximate totalof500 individuals arrived attheTrojesmigration postsandweretransferred, without any weapons whatsoever, totheabove-mentioned transit campsforsubsequent repatriation toNicaragua. Theindividuals inquestion areapparently former contras whodecided nottoproceed tothesecurity zonessetupinNicaragua bythe Nicaraguan Government. 3.ItistheHonduran Government's policy nottogranteither asylumorrefugee statustosuchgroupsofNicaraguans. Ofcourse,itisalsogovernment policythat suchindividuals shouldnotcarryweapons andthattheyshouldnotpassthrough Honduran territory. Thepolicyissimplytoadmitthemtotransit camps,for humanitarian reasons. If,unfortunately, verygreatnumbers ofNicaraguans or,asthecasemaybe, Salvadorians arriveatthefrontiers ofHonduras inthefuture, owingto confrontations orarmedconflicts inNicaragua orElSalvador, theHonduran Government willtakethenecessary domestic orinternational actiontoensurethat suchgroups remainintheircountry oforigin, underwhatmayberegarded as adequate protection. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library
analysis: The text appears to be a press communique issued by the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the repatriation of Nicaraguan citizens who were formerly involved in counter-revolutionary activities in Honduras. The document discusses the government's position on the presence of irregular forces on Honduran territory and the repatriation of Nicaraguan citizens to their country of origin. The text does not mention any economic, industrial, or environmental issues, and instead focuses on humanitarian and political aspects.