Communication 349/07: Simon Weldehaimanot v. Eritrea (Request for withdrawal) Summary of the Application for Withdrawal: 1. The Complaint is submitted against the State of Eritrea1 (the Respondent State) by Simon Weldehaimanot (the Complainant) on his own behalf, and on behalf of Eritrean youths. Articles alleged to have been violated: 2. The Complainant alleges violation of Articles 2, 7,12(2), 18(1) and 26 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Charter). Procedure 3. The Complaint was transmitted to the Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission) on 24 August 2007. The Communication was seized during the Commission's 43rd Ordinary Session, which was held in Ezulwini, Kingdom of Swaziland from 07 to 22May 2008. 4. On 23 January 2009, the Secretariat sent informational letters to the parties and requested the Respondent State to submit arguments on Admissibility. 5. The Respondent State wrote to the Commission, via Note Verbale Ref- MO/016/2009 dated 11 February 2009, noting that a Preliminary Objection to the Communication was delivered to the Commission via DHL on 15 December 2008.2 Additionally, the Note Verbale re-submitted the Preliminary Objection to the Commission. However, this Note Verbale was received and processed at the Secretariat on 09 April 2010. 6. The Respondent State submitted the Preliminary Objection, dated 24 February 2009, which was transmitted during the Commission's 45* Ordinary Session, held in Banjul, The Gambia, from 13 to 27 May 2009. 7. By Note Verbale Ref: ACHPR/COMIVV349.07/1123/13 dated 11 October 2013, the Secretariat inquired whether the Respondent State would submit written submissions on admissibility, or whether the Commission should The State ofEritrea ratified the African Charter on 14 January 1999 ~There is no record of this document on file.