4. To begin its processing of the merits of the case. 5. To publish this decision and to include it in its Annual Report, to be submitted to the General Assembly of the OAS. Done and signed in the city of Washington, D.C., on March 19, 2009. (Signed): Luz Patricia Mejía Guerrero, President; Víctor E. Abramovich, First Vice-president; Felipe González, Second Vicepresident; Sir Clare K. Roberts, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Florentín Meléndez, and Paolo Carozza, members of the Commission. 10