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The Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations Office and International Organizations at Geneva presents it compliments to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and has the honour to transmit a copy of note 57239/GM/DGHSA, dated 11 December 2002, from Mr. Heinz Moeller Freile, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, addressed to Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, whereby the State of Ecuador extends an open and standing invitation to all rapportuers, representatives, experts and other special human rights mechanisms of the United Nations, in pursuance of their respective mandates, to visit the territory of Ecuador whenever they so require and to establish such contacts as they may deem appropriate with persons and institutions domiciled in the country.