A/HRC/27/57 42. The Government of Slovakia is working to ensure that the Act on State Security during Wartime, Hostilities, Martial Law and State of Emergency enables the distribution of vitally important products and goods supplies to citizens affected by crises. 43. Act No. 1523 in Colombia stipulates that the provision of humanitarian assistance must take account of the principles of quality, timeliness, relevance and effectiveness. Article 3 of the Act provides that, in the situations of disaster and danger covered by the Act, all individuals will be given the same support and treatment when receiving humanitarian assistance. More principles are detailed in the Colombian manual on the standardization of humanitarian assistance. 44. In Chile, the National Civil Protection System is based on guarantees provided in the Constitution. In order to fulfil the guarantees concerning disaster response, Chile has enacted several laws and regulations, among which are: (a) Decree No. 156 of 2002 of the Ministry of the Interior on the National Civil Protection Plan; (b) Act No. 20,641 on Public Sector Budgets for 2013, which defines and regulates the management of emergency funds in the budget of the Ministry of the Interior; (c) Circulars Nos. 56 and 218 of 2008 of the Vice-Minister of the Interior; (d) Act No. 16,282 on preparedness for earthquakes and disasters and the National Civil Protection Plan, which is a tool for risk management in Chile. Under the responsibility of the authorities, the Plan guarantees the protection of all persons in any threatening situation, be it natural or man-made. Operational guidelines are based on the principle of civil protection, under which people are provided with protection and adequate living conditions and surroundings. In order to ensure transparency and accountability in disaster responses, Decree No. 156 of 2002 of the Ministry of the Interior establishes mechanisms and instruments for the request and delivery of essential goods and the beneficiaries in the process of recovery and reconstruction. The process is undertaken by the various State bodies involved, such as municipalities, and specifically by the sectoral bodies that are relevant to the event in question. 45. Mexico, as part of its strategy to respond to humanitarian crises, has adopted the General Civil Protection Act, which provides for the establishment of national mechanisms for disasters from the viewpoint of integrated risk management, known as the National System of Civil Protection. The System comprises all the agencies of the federal public administration, civil protection systems of the states, municipalities and delegations, volunteers, neighbourhood organizations and civil society groups, fire departments, representatives of the social and private sectors, including the media, as well as research, education and technological development centres. Since all the government agencies are part of the System, universal civil protection policies are defined within the framework of a National Civil Protection Programme, which sets out the specific commitment of all public officials to take responsibility for ensuring human security by preventing disasters and effectively managing emergencies from different standpoints. That facilitates the protection of children, women, indigenous communities, the elderly, persons with disabilities, communities with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants, residents of slums with no services and few economic resources, migrants and day-labourers in agriculture, among others. In addition, Mexico has given the municipalities primary responsibility for surveillance and the enforcement of security measures under the national budget. If a crisis exceeds the capacity of a municipality for financial or operational response, the State agency or relevant federal district is competent in that regard. In such a case, the municipality must inform the relevant federal agencies, which act in accordance with established programmes that ensure the immediate transfer of resources and effective accountability from disaster response and recovery, and vice versa. 14