relocating the Rio Miel peasant farmers, and (c) a list of demands would be drawn up and a timetable for the activities required to comply with the commitments made. 106 115. To comply with the said commitments, in 2001, the National Agrarian Institute appraised the improvements made by the occupants and these were estimated to represent Lps.13,168,982.84. 107 On February 21, 2002, OFRANEH sent a letter to the INA Minister-Director requesting “a copy of the appraisal of the Rio Miel improvements,” in order to take the “necessary steps to obtain approval of the budget item for the respective compensation.” 108 In light of this, members of the Punta Piedra community held a march to Tegucigalpa on April 16, 2002, to ask the National Congress and other authorities of the Executive to resolve the case. 109 As a result of this, on April 18, 2002, a group of deputies introduced a motion before the National Congress for the approval of a budget item in the “2002 General Budget of Income and Expenditure of the Republic” for INA to proceed to free the lands claimed by the Punta Piedra community of encumbrances. 110 116. On August 24, 2002, and September 5, 2003, the representative of the Punta Piedra Community Development Association asked INA to reactivate negotiations to clear the lands and to intervene because there had been an increase in the arrival of outsiders, 111 as well as logging and the sale of Garifuna lands to third parties by the peasant farmers. 112 117. On August 29, 2002, the chairman of the National Congress Budget Committee sent INA the draft Decree on “Development of the Garifuna People” to obtain its The conclusions and decisions adopted by the December 13, 2001, undertaking were as follows: “(a) the representatives of the two communities, the Interinstitutional Commission, ODECO and OFRANEH, recognize that the search for a peaceful and out-of-court solution to the problem is one of the alternatives that we should all undertake to achieve as an effective way to resolve the dispute; (b) the representatives of the above organizations and institutions recognize that the State is obliged to clear the title granted to the Punta Piedra community by paying the Rio Miel inhabitants for the improvements so that the Garifuna community can fully exercise the ownership rights established in their ancestral documentation and granted by the National Agrarian Institute; (c) the State, through the National Agrarian Institute, must diligently seek a lot where the families who have been compensated can be relocated; furthermore, through the competent institutions, all efforts must be made to support the right to housing, health, education, water and the other benefits that ensure appropriate conditions for the relocated population and so that, once and for all, the Punta Piedra community is able to exercise ownership over the lands claimed, [and] (d) to follow up on the commitments made, this Commission is authorized to draw up a list of demands and a timetable with the actions and field activities necessary to resolve the conflict, and also to establish the mechanisms for carrying out the pertinent steps.” Cf. Undertaking signed on December 13, 2001, supra (evidence file, folio 32). 107 Cf. Motion signed by Deputies of the National Congress, supra (evidence file, folio 7); INA official letter No. DE-274 of October 2, 2002 (evidence file, folio 52) and Tables relating to the appraisal of improvements and operating expenses for compensation to the village of Rio Miel, undated (evidence file, folios 734 to 737). Equivalent to approximately US$605,241.97 according to the exchange rate updated to November 2015. 108 Cf. Letter sent by OFRANEH to the INA Minister-Director on February 21, 2002 (evidence file, folio 42). 109 Cf. Letter sent by OFRANEH to the National Congress on October 1, 2002 (evidence file, folio 56). Also, during the hearing before the Commission the member of the Punta Piedra community, Edito Suazo Ávila, indicated that a peaceful protest march had been held. Cf. IACHR, Public hearing of March 7, 2006, on “Petition 1119/03 – Punta Piedra Garifuna Community, Honduras,” 124th regular session of the IACHR (merits file, folio 21). 110 Cf. Motion signed by Deputies before the National Congress, supra (evidence file, folios 5 to 7). 111 Cf. Letter sent by the Punta Piedra Development Association to the INA Minister-Director on August 24, 2002 (evidence file, folio 54). 112 Cf. Letter sent by the Punta Piedra Development Association to the INA Minister-Director on September 5, 2003 (evidence file, folio 61). 106 35