2 [if] the Court is not sitting, the President, in consultation with the Permanent Commission and, if possible, with the other judges, shall call upon the government concerned to adopt such urgent measures as may be necessary to ensure the effectiveness of any provisional measures subsequently ordered by the Court at its next session. 4. That Article 1(1) of the Convention sets forth the obligation of the States Parties to respect the rights and freedoms recognized therein and to ensure their free and full exercise to all persons subject to their jurisdiction. 5. That the events presented by the Commission in its petition demonstrate, prima facie, a situation of urgent and grave danger to the life and physical integrity of the 22 mentioned persons. 6. That the fact that the Inter-American Commission had requested precautionary measures on two different occasions (June 18, 1996 and January 7, 1998), and they have not produced the required effects, as well as the events that recently occurred, result in the presumption that the security of the members of the indigenous Zenú community is at grave risk. The above reasons make it necessary to call upon the State to adopt urgent measures. 7. That it is the responsibility of the State to adopt security measures for every person in its territory; an obligation that is amplified when related to those involved in proceedings before the organs of the inter-American system for the protection of human rights attempting to determine whether or not there has been a violation of the human rights contemplated in the American Convention. 8. That at the same time, Colombia has the obligation to investigate the events that motivated this request for provisional measures, to identify those responsible for those events, and to impose the pertinent punishment. NOW THEREFORE: THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, in consultation with the Court, and in conformity with Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and 25(4) of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To call upon the State of Colombia to adopt forthwith, the measures necessary to protect the life, the physical, psychological and moral integrity of Rosember Clemente Teheran, Armando Mercado, Nilson Zurita Mendoza o Nilson Zurita Suárez, Edilberto Gaspar Rosario, Dorancel Ortiz, Leovigildo Castillo, Santiago Méndez o Santiago Mendoza, Zoila Riondo, Saul Lucas, José Guillermo Carmona o José Guillermo Cardona, Celedonio Padilla, Eudo Mejía Montalvo, Marcelino Suárez Lazaro, Fabio Antonio Guevara, José Luis Mendoza, Misael Suárez Estrada, Ingilberto M. Pérez, Martín Florez, Jacinto Ortíz Quintero, Juan Antonio Almanza Pacheco, José Carpio Beltran and Luis Felipe Alvarez Polo, in order to avoid irreparable damage, all in strict compliance with the obligation to respect and guarantee the human rights set forth in Article 1(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights.