A/HRC/28/76 men; and it should not be forgotten that they often take care of their children and elderly family members as well. D. Respect for cultural values 76. Providing food and clothes requires taking into account traditional and cultural practices. There is also a need to increase indigenous community awareness of support and resilience, which are important for the recovery of livelihoods of the affected persons on their own territory or on a new one. Information on universal design and accessibility should also be considered and welcomed for persons with disabilities. 77. Humanitarian kits responding to cultural practices and the needs of the population in terms of food, kitchen, home and cleaning are indispensable. Support programmes for nutrition should be designed in accordance with cultural requirements relating to food and the nutritional needs of women, girls, children, including those with disabilities, and targeted populations. E. Multilevel approach 78. Humanitarian aid is based on legal and operational frameworks at the international, regional, national and local levels, which therefore also calls for a multilevel approach to facilitate the decentralization of such an emergency response. 79. Since local governments and traditional authorities are normally the closest to the affected populations, their experience and lessons learned should be considered for emergency response planning and implementation. Municipal governments should make reasonable efforts to ensure adequate and decent living conditions in shelters. To that end, guidelines should be elaborated and published for managing shelters, and identify areas where special attention is necessary in assisting vulnerable groups. 80. A regional approach is also necessary, given that regional organizations and mechanisms have significant expertise and resources to offer when dealing with disaster situations. Regional initiatives in humanitarian aid should also be taken into account. 81. Disaster prevention and disaster risk reduction include practices to prevent serious human rights violations and to avoid the historical accumulation of violations of economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to food. VIII. Challenges 82. The main challenge is to develop humanitarian responses and actions by States and specialized, global and national initiatives that fully take into consideration the protective legal framework granted by international human rights law, international humanitarian law and other relevant branches of international law. A human rights-based approach is important because it insists on rights-holders and duty-bearers. By putting the needs of victims at its centre, international humanitarian law is not less important. It further strengthens the protection and assistance afforded to affected populations. They should frame, with other relevant branches of international law, all humanitarian work related to disasters and conflicts. Furthermore, both international humanitarian law and international human rights law support the recognition and prosecution of grave human rights violations or serious violations of international humanitarian law in the context of armed conflict. If humanitarian assistance is not based on such a framework, there is a risk that this approach will be too limited and not integrate all the basic needs of affected people in the wider 19