50 121. The State may discharge its pecuniary obligations by tendering United States Dollars or an equivalent amount in the currency of the State, at the New York, USA exchange rate between both currencies on the day prior to the day payment is made. 122. If the beneficiaries of compensations are not able to receive the payments within the term of a year from the date the notice of judgment is served on them, due to causes attributable to them, the State shall deposit said amounts in an account in the beneficiary’s name or draw a certificate of deposit from a reputable Colombian bank, in United States dollars, under the most favorable financial terms the law in force and customary banking practice allow. If after ten years compensations were still unclaimed, the amount plus accrued interests shall be returned to the State. 123. If the beneficiaries of the compensation ordered are minors, the State shall apply the amount to a bank investment in their name, in United States dollars or in local currency, at the discretion of the minor’s legal representative, at a reputable Colombian banking institution. The investment shall be made within one year, under the most favorable financial terms the law in force and customary banking practice allow, until they come of age. Beneficiaries may withdraw the moneys once they come of age or upon order of the competent authority in the best interest of the minor. If, after ten years from the day the minor comes of age, the compensation is still unclaimed, the amount plus accrued interest shall be returned to the State. 124. Payments ordered in this Judgment as compensation for pecuniary and non pecuniary damages and for costs and expenses shall not be affected, reduced or conditioned by tax reasons, be they present or future. Beneficiaries shall therefore receive the total amount as per the provisions herein. 125. Should the State fall into arrears with its payments, Colombian banking default interest rates shall be paid on the amount owed. 126. In accordance with its constant practice, the Court retains the authority emanating from its jurisdiction, to monitor full compliance with this Judgment. The instant case shall be closed once the State implements in full the provisions herein. Colombia shall, within a year, submit to the Court a report on the measures adopted in compliance therewith. XII OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS 127. Therefore, THE COURT, DECIDES, Unanimously, 1. To ratify its Order dated 10 March 2005 acknowledgement of international liability was admitted. whereby the State’s