Procedure 38. The Complaint was received at the Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples‟ Rights (the Secretariat) during the Commission‟s 40th Ordinary Session, held from 15 to 29 November 2006, in Banjul, The Gambia. A provisional measure was requested to be taken under Rule 111 of the African Commission‟s Rules of Procedure. 39. The African Commission decided to be seized of the Communication at its 40th Ordinary Session, held from 15 to 29 November 2006, in Banjul, The Gambia. 40. The African Commission requested for provisional measures under Rule 111(1) of its Rules of Procedure, via a letter dated 5 December 2006 addressed to the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt. 41. By letter dated 21 December 2006, the Complainants were informed that the African Commission had decided at its 40th Ordinary Session to be seized of the Communication and that a request for Provisional Measures had been sent to the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and requested the Complainants to send their submissions on Admissibility to the Secretariat by 21 march 2007. 42. By Note Verbale dated 21 December 2006, the African Commission informed the Respondent State its decision to be seized of the Communication and brought to the attention of the Government to the request for provisional measures that was previously sent, and requested that the submissions on Admissibility of the Respondent State be sent to the Secretariat by 21 March 2007. 12