4 Robinson Afanador, Yamel López, Emely Pérez, Yolanda Salamanca, Rosa Tulia Bolaños, and Alexander Rodríguez; b) that the Security Administration Department (hereinafter “DAS”) has made arrangements to protect the life and integrity of the members of ASFADDES, which have been brought to the attention of the Risk Regulation and Evaluation Committee of the Ministry of the Interior. That in like manner this Committee made a technical study of the risk of some of the protected persons, which determined the existence of a medium-low level of risk, “based on the current absence of events or circumstances that would constitute danger against the personal integrity of the persons evaluated, other than that derived from their work;” c) that the Directorate General for Human Rights of the Ministry of the Interior is taking steps under the “program for the protection of witnesses and persons threatened in connection with the cases of ASFADES (sic) members, as well as for protection of their offices;” d) that, in relationship to the search for Ms. Claudia Monsalve and Mr. Ángel Qintero, the Office of the Vice President of the Republic issued a notice “requesting the captors to respect the life and freedom” of said persons; that on October 7, 2000 it transmitted the information available to the delegation of the International Red Cross Committee in Medellín; that on the same day and in coordination with the Ministry of the Interior, it was decided to send an official of said Ministry to undertake “search operations in coordination with the security agencies and human rights organizations having an interest;” and that on October 11 following, it requested the Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Nation to “undertake the corresponding investigation;” e) that, at the last meeting of the “Commission responsible for following up the Provisional measures adopted by the Court,” it was decided that “the most favorable measures to the members of ASFADDES in Barrancabermeja,” be adopted “in respect of the characteristics of the conflict [which would imply] the issuance of clear institutional support signals to the work of the human rights organizations.” By virtue of the above, the Director of the Presidential Human Rights Program under the Office of the Vice President, took part in a human rights forum held in Barrancabermeja on September 30, 2000; f) that the Human Rights Group of the National Police visited the Barrancabermeja ASFADDES office to provide protection to its members. On this occasion, the representative of the branch office, Alexander Rodríguez, pointed out that ��he was unable to provide information relative to the place of residence or telephone numbers of the persons who work” in that organization; and that its members are accompanied permanently by members of the International Peace Brigades, “for which reason they do not need armed personnel to provide security.” Because of the difficulties involved in attempting to locate said persons, the National Police “delivered an instruction sheet containing personal and family self-protection measures” to the abovementioned Mr. Rodríguez; and