6 organization and collective decision-making.” The Commission referred to the statements made by two leaders on April 29, 2010, according to which “those who accepted the agreements with the Company and the State, approximately 4000 (four thousand) people, regret doing so, feel cheated, and have been forced to find a place to relocate,” that “the resettlement is fiction,” and that “they feel threatened and are afraid of being evicted from their land,” and m. the community of Guayabal did not participate in the agreements with the State and the company, and they have expressed in a reiterated and uniform manner their open opposition to any resettlement initiative. On May 21, 2010, the Commission indicated that “during the past few days a camp was set up to perform the felling of the forest related to the construction of the dam,” although the ANAM “had not granted the permit to begin the felling.” It added that “the farms of Guayabal had not been deforested, unlike those of Charco […] La Pava, which were deforested in 2008,” which is “generating a lot of tension in the community of Guayabal.” 6. The State’s observations regarding the instant request for provisional measures, in general terms, are: a. that on August 4, 2009, the creation of a “High-level Commission” to handle the communities’ petitions was approved, and it is comprised of High Level Government Employees,5 representatives of the communities, representatives of AES Changuinola, “and the Office for Civil Rights, as guarantor of the agreements reach[ed by this] Commission.” The State indicated that these agreements are with the communities of Charco La Pava, Valle del Rey, Changuinola Arriba and Nance de Riscó, and indicated that on November 26, 2009, a “tri-partite” agreement was reached between the parties that “allows for an individual negotiation between the company and [...] the residents of the communities;” b. “that it is currently in an advanced stage for the awarding of collective lands.” This award process is based on an “Executive Decree” bill that “will declar[e] social interest of awarding the Collective Lands” to the Ngöbe members “that are directly affected by the transfers and relocations known as the settlements of Changuinola Arriba, Charco la Pava, Guayabal and Valle del Rey, as a result of the activities related to the hydroelectric concessions;” c. on January 3, 2008, the National Police had intervened following the legal protocols, with the “use of non-lethal force”, in response to the alleged “intention [of the protesters] to obstruct the roads and the construction works; d. while “police presence […] represented unease, [it was] due to the State’s duty to ensure the security, life and property of citizens and foreigners, at times when there were conflicts between the Company and the communities, [which have already been] overcome;” e. the deforestation “would be conducted under the consent of the ANAM, “after conducting environmental impact assessments” and those to execute them “would be mostly [...] people from those communities” who are being trained, and there would be an “inspector of labor security and fauna and flora rescue patrols;” 5 Vice-President of the Republic, Minister of Foreign Relations, Vice-minister of the Government and Social Development, representative of the Department of Health, Governor of the Province of Bocas del Toro, Mayor of Changuinola, a member of Parliament, and ANAM representatives.