1. To extend the provisional measures adopted in favor of Ms. María Eugenia Cárdenas for as long as the situation of risk which justified their adoption persists. 2. To extend until September 6, 1998 the provisional measures in favor of José Daniel Alvarez, Nidia Linores-Ascanio, Gladys López, Yanette Bautista, María Helena Saldarriaga, Piedad Martín, María Eugenia López, Adriana Diosa, Astrid Manrique, Faride Ascanio, Carmen Barrera, Evidalia Chacón, José Publio Bautista, Nelly María Ascanio, Ayda Mile Ascanio, Miriam Rosas Ascanio, and Javier Álvarez. 3. To require the State of Colombia to undertake effective investigations and, where appropriate, punish those responsible for the acts denounced which gave rise to the adoption of these provisional measures. 4. To require that the State of Colombia transmit to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, not later than July 24, 1998, a report on compliance with the present Order; and that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights submit its observations on that report within one month of the date of notification thereof. Hernán Salgado-Pesantes President Antônio A. Cançado Trindade Pacheco-Gómez Máximo Oliver Jackman Burelli Alirio Abreu- Sergio García-Ramírez Roux-Rengifo Carlos Vicente de Manuel E. Ventura-Robles Secretary So ordered, Hernán Salgado-Pesantes President Manuel E. Ventura-Robles Secretary