Editing Organization of American States (section)

=== Suspension of Honduras (2009–2011) ===
[[File:Suspensión de Honduras de la OEA.jpg|thumb|The OAS's Extraordinary Assembly voted to suspend [[Honduras]] on 5 July 2009, during the [[2009 Honduran constitutional crisis]].]]
Following [[2009 Honduran constitutional crisis|the expulsion of its President]] [[Manuel Zelaya]], Honduras' membership of the Organization was suspended unanimously at midnight on 5 July 2009.<ref name="Americas group suspends Honduras">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8134699.stm |title=Americas group suspends Honduras |date=5 July 2009 |access-date=5 July 2009 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> The ''[[de facto]]'' government had already announced it was leaving the OAS hours earlier; this was not, however, taken into account by the OAS, which did not recognize that government as legitimate.<ref name="Honduras leaders pull out of OAS">{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0704/honduras.html |title=Honduras leaders pull out of OAS |date=4 July 2009 |access-date=5 July 2009 |publisher=[[RTÉ]]}}</ref> An extraordinary meeting had been conducted by the OAS in Washington, D.C., with Zelaya in attendance.<ref name="Americas group suspends Honduras"/><ref name="OAS expels Honduras' membership over coup">{{cite news |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-07/05/content_8379729.htm |title=OAS expels Honduras' membership over coup |date=5 July 2009 |access-date=5 July 2009 |newspaper=[[China Daily]]}}</ref><ref name="Organisation of American States suspends Honduras over coup"/> The suspension of Honduras was approved unanimously with 33 votes (Honduras did not vote).<ref name="Americas group suspends Honduras"/><ref name="Organisation of American States suspends Honduras over coup"/> This was the first suspension carried out by the OAS since that of Cuba in 1962.<ref name="Americas group suspends Honduras"/><ref name="Organisation of American States suspends Honduras over coup">{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6640179.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529142805/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6640179.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 May 2010 |title=Organisation of American States suspends Honduras over coup |date=5 July 2009 |access-date=5 July 2009 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |location=London |first=Deirdre |last=Hipwell}}</ref>

After Zelaya's return to Honduras in 2011, the country was re-admitted to the Organization on 1 June 2011 with 32 votes in favor and 1 (Ecuador) against. Venezuela expressed some reservations.<ref>[http://www.oas.org/en/media_center/press_release.asp?sCodigo=E-698/11 Press Releases :: E-698/11]. OAS. Retrieved on 12 July 2013.</ref>