Dear Members of the Tribunal,

Pursuant to the Tribunal‘s correspondence of January 5, 2012 and January 6, 2012, the Republic hereby responds to the Claimants‘ letter of January 4, 2012. In its letter, the Claimants request the Tribunal ―immediately to (i) convert the order dated February 9, 2011 (the ‗Interim Measures Order‘) into the form of an Interim Award, as the Tribunal contemplated in the Order; and (ii) request that the Republic of Ecuador inform the Tribunal, by this Friday, January 6, 2012, of the steps that it intends to take to comply with the Interim Measures Order and prevent the Lago Agrio Judgment from becoming enforceable.‖ Jan. 4, 2012 Cl. Ltr. at 2.