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/* Written 3:44 pm Sep 23, 1989 by criesdif in ni:ni.centam-elect */
/* ---------- "Hond - Nica accord at Tela" ---------- */
Text of document signed by the presidents of Honduras and
Nicaragua at the Tela summit meeting regarding the
withdrawal of Nicaragua's suit against Honduras in the
International Court of Justice at the Hague.
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BILATERAL ACCORD BETWEEN NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS
The President of the Republic of Honduras, Jose Azcona Hoyo
and the President of the Republic of Nicaragua, Daniel
Ortega Saavedra;
Acting in their role as chief executive of their
respective States and with the moral and political support
of Presidents Vinicio Cerezo of Guatemala, Alfredo Cristiani
of El Salvador and Oscar Arias Sanchez of Costa Rica;
Inspired by the noble purpose of maintaining peace,
friendship and cooperation between the Republics of
Nicaragua and Honduras, countries united by strong
historical ties of friendship and brotherhood;
Keeping in mind the commitment ratified in the
Esquipulas Accords of August 7, 1987, of preventing the use
of one's national territory to assault other States;
Keeping in mind also the Declaration of Costa del Sol
of February 14, 1989, where the Central American Presidents
committed themselves to "prepare in a period of no more than
90 days, a Joint Plan for the Demobilization and Voluntary
Repatriation or Relocation in Nicaragua and in Third
Countries of the Members of the Nicaraguan Resistance and
their Families", and
Motivated by the will to always maintain open the
possibility of resolving differences through peaceful means,
including the International Court of Justice to resolve
controversies that threaten the peace and security between
States,
HAVE RESOLVED:
To agree to an extrajudicial agreement in relation to
the procedure brought by Nicaragua against Honduras before
the International Court of Justice on July 28, 1986. The
aforesaid agreement is based on the following:
A) On August 7, 1989, a Joint Plan for the
Demobilization and Voluntary Repatriation or Relocation of
the Nicaraguan Resistance and Their Families was agreed
upon. The execution of this Plan shall begin immediately
after the establishment of the International Commission of
Support and Verification (CIAV), no later than September 6,
and shall end 90 days thereafter by means of a certification
signed by the Secretaries General of the United Nations and
the Organization of American States attesting to the
complete fulfillment of the Plan.
B) The presence of the Contra and their camps in
Honduras does not contribute to the democratic process
already underway in Nicaragua. The President of Honduras
commits himself to officially convey, in the appropriate
manner, before the United Nations Security Council a
petition by his government to form and dispatch to Honduran
Territory an International Peace Force to impede the use of
Honduran territory by irregular forces.
C) Once compliance with all the previous points has
been achieved and certified in the corresponding report by
the International Commission of Support and Verification, in
accordance with the Joint Plan for Demobilization, Nicaragua
will desist from the procedures against Honduras in the
International Court of Justice.
The President of Nicaragua, confident that the Government of
Honduras will lend its full cooperation in order to comply
in good faith with the Joint Plan for Demobilization, within
the established time period, commits the Government of
Nicaragua to request from the International Court of Justice
a postponement of the presentation of the memorial on merits
until the date when, in accordance with the Joint Plan, an
official report on compliance has been presented.
Upon receiving the official report of the International
Commission of Support and Verification on the compliance
with this Joint Plan, Nicaragua shall desist from the
procedures against Honduras in the International Court of
Justice.
Given in the City of Tela, Republic of Honduras, on the
seventh day of August nineteen hundred and eighty-nine.
DANIEL ORTEGA SAAVEDRA President of Nicaragua
JOSE AZCONA HOYO President of Honduras
(also signed by)
ALFREDO CRISTIANI BURKARD President of El Salvador
VINICIO CEREZO AREVALO President of Guatemala
OSCAR ARIAS SANCHEZ President of Costa Rica
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