**UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the Organisation of American States should take the lead in restoring the ousted president of Honduras to power.**Mr Ban told a Geneva news conference on Monday that the OAS must find a peaceful solution to the crisis.
Elected president Manuel Zelaya was overthrown a week ago. The OAS has condemned the “military coup” and has suspended Honduras from membership.
On Sunday, Mr Zelaya failed in an attempt to fly back to Honduras.
His plane circled the airport of the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, but could not land because authorities had blocked the runway with military vehicles.
Pledged to return
Earlier, at least one person was killed as troops clashed with Zelaya supporters converging on the airport.
Mr Zelaya has pledged to try again to enter Honduras.
He had departed for Honduras from Washington, defying warnings from the self-declared interim government in Honduras that he would not be allowed to land.
The deposed Honduran leader later went on to neighbouring El Salvador.
At a news conference late on Sunday, flanked by the presidents of El Salvador, Argentina, Paraguay and Ecuador, and the Secretary-General of the OAS, Jose Miguel Insulza, Mr Zelaya said:
“I call on the armed forces of Honduras to lower their rifles. I am risking myself personally to resolve the problems without violence.”
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva - speaking to the BBC during a visit to Paris - implied Mr Zelaya had made a mistake in trying to return to Honduras so soon after the country had been suspended by the OAS.
The Brazilian leader said it was “predictable” that the Honduran authorities would not let Mr Zelaya return.
The new government in Honduras, which says it came to power through due legal process, is offering to negotiate with the international community.
But it says the return of Mr Zelaya to the presidency is not possible.
The military - backed by Congress and the courts - forced Mr Zelaya out of Honduras on 28 June over his plans to hold a vote on possible constitutional change.
Mr Zelaya is a supporter of left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
His opponents, which include the Supreme Court and a majority in parliament, accuse him of seeking to prolong his rule.
Mr Zelaya had wanted to hold a popular vote on convening a constitutional convention - a move that could have removed the current one-term limit for presidents.
BBC correspondent Stephen Gibbs, who is in Honduras, says there is no evidence of disunity in the military, and a substantial proportion of the Honduran population do not want Mr Zelaya to return.
He says that, despite near universal support internationally, Mr Zelaya faces some major challenges if he is to be reinstated.
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