TEGUCIGALPA -- The international members of the Verification Commission of the Tegucigalpa-San José Agreement—the former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos Escobar and the United States Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solís—today concluded their first visit to Honduras following the establishment of the International Verification Commission, which also includes two Honduran representatives, Jorge Arturo Reina and Arturo Corrales.

During this first stage, they met with former President José Manuel Zelaya Rosales and President Roberto Micheletti, as well as with Honduran presidential candidates, representatives of the Supreme Electoral Court and members of the National Congress.

At the end of his visit, former Chilean President Lagos announced that the Secretary General of the Organization of American States ( OAS ), José Miguel Insulza, appointed José Octavio Bordón, of Argentina, and Enrique Correa, of Chile, to join the work of the Verification Commission in Honduras.

Both Lagos and Solís expressed optimism for the success the Commission achieved in the work it carried out November 3 and 4.


“The full implementation of the agreement is the first essential step toward national reconciliation and international support for Honduras," said US Labor Secretary Solis. "The Agreement foresees that a Government of National Unity will be established November 5, and this is a milestone that must be reached.”

For his part, former President Lagos also chimed in that it is necessary “to leave behind the period of confrontation and crisis that the Honduran society has been experiencing,” and emphasized “the need to constitute and install a Government of Unity and National Reconciliation in accord with the terms of the agreement signed on October 30,” in order to “take the steps that will lead this Agreement to a successful conclusion.”