Article I of the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons, in prejudice of Florencio Chitay Nech and his next of kin. 2. To submit this report to the petitioners and the State. 3. To continue examining the merits of the case. 4. To publish this decision and include it in its Annual Report to the General Assembly of the OAS. Done and signed in the city of Washington, D.C., on the 27th day of the month of February, 2007. (Signed): Florentín Meléndez, President; Paolo Carozza, First Vice-president; Victor E. Abramovich, Second Vice-president; Evelio Fernández Arévalos, Sir Clare K. Roberts, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, and Freddy Gutíerrez Trejo, Commissioners. 11