26 Acts to implement the proposal of the Provincial Government of Salta, undertaken after the referendum of October, 2005. 100. On May 11, 2006, the different chiefs of the communities affiliated to Lhaka Honhat sent a communication to Commissioner Florentín Melendez, of the IACHR, concerning a meeting of the Lhaka Honhat Council of Chiefs which addressed the land issue and complained of violations of indigenous rights by the Government of the Province. ”99. 101. On July 18, 2006, the IACHR received another communication sent by the representatives and chiefs that form part of the Lhaka Honhat Association, in which they reported: “As you surely know, after the referendum the government of Salta has started to work on the ground in order to implement its plan for land adjudication. The officers of the Provincial Executing Unit have been, for some months now, attending enquiries by the creoles and receiving their requests for lands. Our communities are very confused and concerned. We know that the Argentinean State has produced a proposal, which had already been sent to the IACHR. On our side we have analized this proposal in our Assembly of Chiefs in the month of May, and we consider that it respects our rights as indigenous peoples. We agree with this proposal, but we have not yet been informed by the national authorities whether this is the final proposal, and whether it will be accepted by the Government of Salta. Therefore the communities are afflicted, because they do not know who is in charge of defending 100 their rights, and insofar as there is no clarity, conflicts will continue to occur. (…)” 102. On September 18, 2006, the IACHR received a report from the State Attorney of the Province of Salta, in which he provided information on the activities carried out to execute the Province’s proposal for land adjudication. The National Government later sent identical information to the IACHR, through a note of October 24, 2006. The Provincial Government reported: “ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE PROVINCIAL EXECUTING UNIT – LOTS 55 AND 14 The Government of the Province of Salta issued Decree No. 939/05, in which it created the Provincial Executing Unit, application authority in charge of executing the Friendly Settlement Proposal presented by the Province of Salta in the framework of Case 12094/99 before the InterAmerican Commision on Human Rights of the OAS. On 19/4/06, the Ministry of Production and Employment issued Resolution No. 65/06, in which it determined the composition of the Provincial Executing Unit, including representatives of each one of the competent provincial authorities, and also established the functions and missions of the PEU. On the other hand it establishes the requirements that the Creole population must meet to prove their occupation of the lands, inviting them to present their requests with the required information by 17/7/06. The Government publicized the aforementioned resolution in FM Radio stations of the region that reached all of the Lots 55 and 14, and it also set up an office with PEU staff, with the technical means required to disseminate, explain and receive the pertinent requests. Such staff has visited all of the places where its presence has been requested. The deadline for presenting requests was thereafter extended until 22/9/06 by Resolution No. 173/06 of the Ministry of Production and Employment. Each one of the requests was certified by the Justices of the Peace of the Municipality of Santa Victoria Este. The results of the petitions presented by the inhabitants as of this date are the following: TOTAL NUMBER OF REQUESTS Aboriginal Communities Creoles 451 24 427 99 Communication by the Council of Chiefs of the Lhaka Honhat Association, sent to the IACHR through petitioners’ note of June 1, 2006, transmitted to the State on August 16, 2006. 100 Communication received on July 18, 2006, transmitted to the State on August 16, 2006.