Deposed president vows to return to Honduras

UNITED NATIONS (CNN) - Ousted Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya will return to his country this week despite warnings from the provisional government that he will be arrested, he said at a news conference at the United Nations on Tuesday.

"I am going to return on Thursday because they expelled me by force, and I am going to return as always: as a citizen and as president," Zelaya told reporters after the United Nations unanimously adopted a resolution stating that Zelaya should be restored to power.

Zelaya, speaking to the general assembly, called it a historic resolution.

"Your servant has several accusations against him in Honduras," he said. "But nobody has given me a trial. Nobody has convened a tribunal."

The deposed president said he would travel to Washington on Tuesday to attend a meeting of the Organization of American States.