4 the Commission and on the holding of a hearing, originally scheduled for July 29, which the Government has requested to be postponed for a period of no less than 30 days. First of all, it is important to clearly establish a distinction between the provisional measures that the Court can adopt under Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Convention") and the emergency measures that Article 23(4) of the Rules empowers the President to order the parties in the interim, so as to permit any decision that the Court may eventually take to have the appropriate effect; in other words, so that the Court may not find itself facing a fait accompli. 6. The provisions in force set forth certain requirements that must be met for the Court to be able to adopt provisional measures at the request of the Commission. These include the following: a. Article 29(2) of the Regulations of the Commission provide that "when it becomes necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, [it] may request that provisional measures be taken to avoid irreparable damage in cases where the denounced facts are true." It is thus not a question of fully determining the truth of the facts; rather, the Commission must have a reasonable basis for assuming them to be true. In this case, the Commission has not fulfilled the above requirement, inasmuch as its request merely transcribes the facts reported by the petitioner. The Government, on its part, in its note of last July 24 acknowledged the existence of an "internal armed conflict" over the last thirty years and the violent acts that are occurring in the area. Such a blanket acknowledgement does not imply acceptance that the facts denounced are true; however, it does lead to the presumption that a situation exists which could bring about irreparable damage to persons. b. Article 63(2) of the Convention authorizes the Court to adopt provisional measures "[i]n cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons." The wording used indicates that we are dealing here with an extraordinary instrument, one which becomes necessary in exceptional circumstances. 7. The request for provisional measures before us refers to a case "not yet submitted to the Court." This means that the Court lacks information regarding the facts and circumstances surrounding the case, which information must be at the disposal of the Commission. The latter must, consequently, transmit such information together with the corresponding petition, in order to provide the Court with the facts necessary to enable it to arrive at a decision. * * 8. The Court finds that the order of the President of July 15, 1991, was properly adopted and that it has achieved its purpose of enabling the Court to study the matter while avoiding irreparable actions.