Declaring 2011 in Honduras as the Central American Year of Culture
Poder Ejecutivo
- Decree: 009-2011
- Issuing body: Poder Ejecutivo
- Category: Administrative
Summary
This decree declares 2011 as the Central American Year of Culture in Honduras, following a regional agreement among Central American countries. It orders the Culture Ministry to develop a special program to commemorate this year and inform embassies and international organizations of this declaration.
Considerations
That in accordance with what is established in the General Law of Public Administration, the Ministry of State in the Offices of Culture, Arts and Sports is responsible for the formulation, coordination, execution and evaluation of policies regarding the research, rescue and dissemination of the nation's cultural heritage, artistic education and the identification and preservation of the nation's historical and cultural patrimony and everything related to the organization, promotion and development of sports.
That concerning national and international representation in the field of Culture, Arts and Sports, it corresponds to the head of the Ministry of the Branch to link and integrate into the Central American and world agenda.
That within the framework of the II Extraordinary Meeting of Ministers and General Directors of Culture of the Central American Educational and Cultural Coordination/Central American Integration System (CECC/SICA), with the participation of members from the following participating countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Dominican Republic, CECC/SICA, an Agreement was issued that designs and executes a consensus regional cultural policy for the period 2011-2013.
That in the aforementioned Agreement of the II Extraordinary Meeting of Ministers and General Directors of Culture of the Central American Educational and Cultural Coordination/Central American Integration System (CECC/SICA), in point Tenth it urges to "Support the OAS initiative to declare 2011 as the 'Inter-American Year of Culture' and in this context declare 2011 as the 'Central American Year of Culture'."
That the aforementioned Agreement orders the General Secretariat of the Central American Educational and Cultural Coordination/Central American Integration System (CECC/SICA) to seek the mechanisms to inform all the Secretariats of the Integration System, Foreign Ministries and Embassies about said point.
That the current Administration has extended its commitment to institutionally promote Central American identity, the dissemination of cultural knowledge, a sense of belonging to the region, respect for regional cultural diversity and a culture of peace in the region, for which reason it is pertinent to make our own the Tenth Point of the aforementioned Regional Agreement by declaring 2011 in Honduras as the "Central American Year of Culture".
Articles
Declarar en Honduras el Año 2011, como "Año Centroamericano de la Cultura".
El presente Decreto deberá comunicarse a la Secretaría General del Sistema de Integración Centroamericano (SG/SICA), Embajadas y Consulados de la República de Honduras acreditados en el Extranjero.
La Secretaría de Cultura, Artes y Deportes para este efecto desarrollará un programa cultural especial a fin de conmemorar el año 2011, como "Año Centroamericano de la Cultura".
El presente Decreto es de ejecución inmediata y deberá publicarse en el Diario Oficial "La Gaceta". Dado en Casa Presidencial, Tegucigalpa, municipio del Distrito Central, a los quince (15) días del mes de febrero del año dos mil once (2011). COMUNÍQUESE Y PUBLÍQUESE. CARLOS ÁFRICO MADRID HART SECRETARIO DE ESTADO EN LOS DESPACHOS DEL INTERIOR Y POBLACIÓN JOSÉ ALEJANDRO VENTURA SORIANO SECRETARIO DE ESTADO EN EL DESPACHO DE EDUCACIÓN ARTURO BENDAÑA PINEL SECRETARIO DE ESTADO EN EL DESPACHO DE SALUD OSCAR ÁLVAREZ GUERRERO SECRETARIO DE ESTADO EN EL DESPACHO DE SEGURIDAD RODRIGO GARCÍA CASTAÑEDA SECRETARIO DE ESTADO DEL DESPACHO PRESIDENCIAL, POR LEY MIREYA AGÜERO TREJO SECRETARIA DE ESTADO EN EL DESPACHO DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES, POR LEY MARLON PASCUA CERRATO SECRETARIO DE ESTADO EN EL DESPACHO DE DEFENSA NACIONAL WILLIAM CHONG WONG SECRETARIO DE ESTADO EN EL DESPACHO DE FINANZAS JOSÉ FRANCISCO ZELAYA SECRETARIO DE ESTADO EN LOS DESPACHOS DE INDUSTRIA Y COMERCIO MIGUEL RODRIGO PASTOR MEJÍA SECRETARIO DE ESTADO EN LOS DESPACHOS DE OBRAS PÚBLICAS, TRANSPORTE Y VIVIENDA FELÍCITO ÁVILA ORDÓÑEZ SECRETARIO DE ESTADO EN LOS DESPACHOS DE TRABAJO Y SEGURIDAD SOCIAL JUAN ÁNGEL ARTICA SECRETARIO DE ESTADO EN LOS DESPACHOS DE AGRICULTURA Y GANADERÍA, POR LEY RIGOBERTO CUÉLLAR CRUZ SECRETARIO DE ESTADO EN LOS DESPACHOS DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AMBIENTE HILDA ROSARIO HERNÁNDEZ ALVARADO SECRETARIA DE ESTADO EN EL DESPACHO DE DESARROLLO SOCIAL JULIO RAUDALES SECRETARIO TÉCNICO DE PLANIFICACIÓN Y COOPERACIÓN EXTERNA, POR LEY BERNARD MARTÍNEZ VALERIO SECRETARIO DE ESTADO EN LOS DESPACHOS DE CULTURA, ARTES Y DEPORTES SYNTIA BENNETT SECRETARIA DE ESTADO EN EL DESPACHO DE TURISMO, POR LEY ANA A. PINEDA HERNÁNDEZ SECRETARIA DE ESTADO EN LOS DESPACHOS DE JUSTICIA Y DERECHOS HUMANOS LUIS GREEN MORALES SECRETARIO DE ESTADO EN LOS DESPACHOS DE LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS Y AFROHANDUEREÑOS CÉSAR HAM PEÑA MINISTRO DIRECTOR DEL INSTITUTO NACIONAL AGRARIO NASRY JUAN ASFURA MINISTRO DIRECTOR DEL FONDO HONDUREÑO DE INVERSIÓN SOCIAL JOSÉ ANTONIO GALDÁMEZ DIRECTOR EJECUTIVO DEL INSTITUTO DE CONSERVACIÓN FORESTAL, ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS Y VIDA SILVESTRE, POR LEY CONFIRMADO POR EL PRESIDENTE DE LA REPÚBLICA EN CUMPLIMIENTO DEL ARTÍCULO 20 DE LA LEY GENERAL DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN PÚBLICA. PORFIRIO LOBO SOSA PRESIDENTE DE LA REPÚBLICA
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