copy of the letter sent by the Secretary General of Governance of Salta to the Special Representative for Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Relations, International Trade and Worship, with respect to the request for information made by the IACHR on October 7. The Commission transmitted this letter to the petitioners for their information on October 13. 25. On November 10, 2005 the Commission received a letter from the petitioners indicating that the referendum had been held on October 23, and reiterating the request to the Commission to adopt urgent measures. The Commission transmitted this letter to the Argentine State on January 31, 2006, giving it three months to present observations. 26. The Commission transmitted to the petitioners on February 21, 2005 the pertinent portions of the additional information supplied by the State of Argentina in the course of the working meeting held during the 123rd regular session of the IACHR. 27. On June 1, 2006, the petitioners sent the IACHR a letter signed by the caciques (chiefs or leaders) of the communities that make up the Lhaka Honhat Association. The Provincial Attorney of Salta sent to the Commission on June 9, 2006 a copy of the minutes of the meeting of March 14, 2006 between the Secretary General of Governance of the Province of Salta and Mr. Francisco José Perez, Coordinator of the Lhaka Honhat Association. On July 18, 2006 the Commission received a letter from the Lhaka Honhat Association reporting on recent events in the zone. 28. On August 16, 2006, the Commission requested petitioners and the State to submit updated information within month on the subject matter of the petition, and it transmitted letters of June 1 and July 18, 2006 from the petitioners. The State the petitioners sent information to the Commission on September 7 15, 2006, respectively. II. A. the one the and and POSITION OF THE PARTIES The petitioners 29. The Lhaka Honhat Association of Aboriginal Communities (the petitioners) is a nonprofit association, as stated in Ministerial Resolution 449 of December 9, 1992 which approved its corporate charter and granted it legal personality. The Lhaka Honhat Association