13 7. To order the State, subsequent to its first communication (supra fifth operative paragraph), to continue informing the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, every two months, about the measures adopted and to order the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit its comments on these reports within six weeks of receiving them. […] 31. The communication of the State of October 14, 2003, advising that the State’s Agent, Jorge Duarte Contreras, “ha[d] decided to withdraw from this position definitively. 32. The communication of October 30, 2003, in which the State appointed Fermín Toro as Agent before the international human rights organizations. 33. The Order of the Court of November 21, 2003, in which it decided: 1. To ratify all the terms of the Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of October 2, 2003. 2. To reiterate to the State the requirement that it adopt, forthwith, all necessary measures to protect the lives and safety of Luisiana Ríos, Armando Amaya, Antonio José Monroy, Laura Castellanos y Argenis Uribe. 3. To order the State to adopt and maintain all necessary measures to protect the lives, safety and freedom of expression of Carlos Colmenares, Noé Pernía and Pedro Nikken, employees of the television channel, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV). 4. To order the State to allow the petitioners to participate in the planning and implementation of the protection measures and, in general, to keep them informed of progress in the measures ordered. 5. To order the State to investigate the facts stated in the complaint that gave rise to these measures in order to identify and punish those responsible. 6. To order the State to inform the Inter-American Court of Human Rights about the measures adopted in compliance with this Order by November 28, 2003, at the latest. 7. To order the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to present any comments it deems pertinent to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights within a week of notification of the State’s report by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 8. To order the State, subsequent to its first communication (supra sixth operative paragraph), to continue informing the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, every two months, about the measures adopted and to order the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit its comments on these reports within six weeks of notification of the State’s report by the Court.. […] CONSIDERING: 1. That the State ratified the American Convention on August 9, 1977, and, in accordance with Article 62 thereof, accepted the contentious jurisdiction of the Court on June 24, 1981. 2. That Article 63(2) of the American Convention establishes that, “[i]n cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, the Court may, in matters it has under consideration, adopt such provisional