i think, ambassador tarre, i'm going to end with you. let's go to the legal -- illegal mining, how the illegal mining is affecting brazil. and if you can answer those questions in 2-3 minutes each, that will be great. >> well, i know that we have been looking into this question. of course, all of the compounding effect of illegal activities on our border is a source of concern, obviously, it's a concern. i want to address also the other question. and i'm sorry i didn't get your name, but thank you for the question. and the fact that the treaty is all of the decisions are mandatory except for the ones -- use of force. but other than that -- that are adopted need to be enforced -- legal obligation of state parties to enforce. welcome the litigation -- i think, i think the fact that we adopted the travel ban is important. and even in argentina, if i'm not mistaken, the new argentine government -- [inaudible] regime -- [inaudible] so it's important that even now argentina is abiding by the decision, they took the designated individuals in th

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