Seizure on Honduran territory of weapons of war intended for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Actions to be implemented under this law will be delegated to relevant programmes such as the Honduran Fund for Social Investment, which finances microenterprise projects.

Tensions between the two countries were already high. But then fans of the Honduras team were set upon, and even worse, the Honduran national anthem was insulted, and the country s white and blue flag defiled.

It is crucial to promote and strengthen the activities and institutions that encourage the participation of both genders in society and facilitate equal opportunity and the inclusion of all men and women in Honduran society.

I should like to inform the Council that, after the expiration of the deadline for submission of nominations, the Secretariat has been informed that the German, Honduran, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Swiss and Uruguayan national groups nominated Mr. Ronny Abraham as a candidate.

America wants to conclude as many free trade agreements in the region as it can, while Brazil favors expanding its custom union, Mercosul Mercosur. The entrance of Venezuela into the Brazilian bloc, Brazilian leadership at the United Nations mission in Haiti, and Brazil s role in the Honduran affair are all part of this emerging competition.

In September, the ousted president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, reappeared in the country inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa after three months of exile. Although his presence dramatically fuelled the situation for a time, Brazilian diplomats, working with the US, were able to reach agreement with Honduran authorities to allow Manuel Zelaya to return to office.

Nevertheless, in order to maintain this positive trend current efforts in the sphere of education must be followed up and intensified, coordination among the various actors working to educate the Honduran people must be improved, and policy design must include appropriate strategies that optimize the work done by the government sector, civil society and international cooperators.