A/HRC/42/47/Add.4 controlled by gangs sometimes out of bounds to suppliers, are specially affected during crisis situations (A/HRC/33/49/Add.1, paras. 7 and 10). 23. The National Climate Change Plan (updated in 2017) details measures to ensure availability of water for human consumption and for other uses, including agricultural uses. The programme proposes the “development of the First National Inventory of Critical Investments in strategic public infrastructure (drinking water and sanitation) and essential ecosystems for service provision, conservation of natural resources, [and] risk reduction in communities in conditions of extreme risk to disaster.” It further states that "[t]he State will use this inventory to allocate resources from the national budget or external sources to reduce economic costs and social damage in the short term from climate variability or climate change-related disasters.” Regarding the protection of specially affected populations the programme aims to identify and incorporate cost-effective measures to strengthen the universal social protection policy regarding the impacts of climate change; or to develop social networks for securing timely actions against climate risks and to minimize associated losses and damages, particularly for communities and population groups in vulnerable situations. 24. In addition to these measures, the MARN addresses the effects of climate change on water balance scenarios in the National Plan on Integrated Water Resources Management, and includes actions to promote and extend water supply through contingency plans for rural populations and through rural drinking water systems. Projects have also been adopted to, inter alia, construct water reservoirs, conduct water conservation or harvesting works, and construct latrines adapted to floods. Additionally, the Environmental Health Directorate and the MINSAL proposed the “Health-Climate Change Policy” which aims to protect and preserve natural resources through strategies to help reduce water consumption and for the safe disposal of wastewater. The Government noted that groups in situations of vulnerability, including the rural population, benefit from rapid responses in cases of drought, in accordance with the commitment of the top level of the Government to comply with the National Climate Change Plan and to allocate resources for its implementation. This is considered feasible on the basis of the commitment of the most developed countries to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, including the technical and financial assistance to developing countries. 25. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the efforts made by the Government, included in the updated National Climate Change Plan, to identify water sources for populations especially affected by climate change and droughts, and the measures and plans designed to address such negative impacts. In order to set effective contingency plans and measures addressing the impacts of climate change on the access to water and sanitation by people in El Salvador, it is crucial to assess the infrastructure and water and sanitation access of communities. Monitoring the infrastructure and drinking water and sanitation capacities of communities, will enable the Government to identify challenges and risks caused by climate change and address them. GOOD PROGRESS: The Special Rapporteur congratulates the Government on the adoption of the updated National Climate Change Plan and its efforts to address challenges and issues related to accessing water and sanitation in the context of climate change and droughts. He encourages the Government to continue developing contingency plans to address climate change and droughts more effectively. F. Recommendation on a regulatory agency on the water resources policy RECOMMENDATION 6: “Set up an agency to regulate the water resources policy introduced by this law [the general law on water resources]; the agency should be transparent and participatory, and the State should play a leading role in the management of water resources, with the participation of the sector’s main stakeholders, giving priority to that of civil society and of those groups most disadvantaged as regards access to water” (A/HRC/33/49/Add.1, para. 96(b)(iii)). 7