89. In 2010 the Parliament ratified the UN Convention on the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities and its complementary legislation at the country level 90. The actions undertaken in the implementation of Decree N°.53/2008 of December 30th included: Presentation of the Regulation on accessibility to buildings and public places in seminars held by institutions such as : Inspection of Public Works and Handicap International, on techniques to assist Persons with disabilities; Control of access conditions in public building projects submitted to this Ministry and the Provincial Directorates of Public Works and Housing; Recommendation to adapt the conditions of accessibility in buildings under construction, when they are not complied with regulatory requirements. 91. Notwithstanding the efforts underway in various public buildings to support people with disabilities, it was referred by those contacted in the context of the drafting of this report that not all buildings have access. In some public bus stops the above situations is also a reality. So it is a challenge for the competent institutions to make the old buildings accessible, including those under construction that need to be fit with adequate infrastructures for access to persons with disability in a continued manner. 92. In relation to the APR Panel´s recommendation to introduce an early warning system for timely detection of natural disasters, the Government started in 2010 with this system and expanded to the city of Beira for the monitoring of water flow in Chiveve channel, at Chire river, covering the districts of Morrumbala and Mopeia (Zambézia), Mutarara (Tete) and in the Licungo basin. Presently meteorological stations are undergoing rehabilitation. These actions continued over the year of 2011 with the creation of Committees for the management of risks from calamities, among other actions (GdM, 2011). In addition training and capacity building were carried out involving communities to reduce the impact of disasters, manage disasters and organization of simulations on disasters at national, community and other public places levels. 93. However, recent events have demonstrated that the crucial challenge to be dealt with by competent authorities in this matter is to make sensitization activities on a permanent basis as to make the population abandon the areas that are prone to the risk of floods and other natural disasters, because sometimes in many instances public authorities responsible for rescuing the population from the risky areas especially in the river banks and later on, the very same population return to those places to develop their activities what represents an added risk considering that they build their houses in there and when they are rescued they are reluctant to leave their houses and belonging what indeed represent danger for their lives and asserts. 94. For this purpose, it is important to continue with sensitization work among the populations in order to educate them that those are not places for customary residence and that they must use them only for agricultural activities and that they must go home to sleep in their residences in upper areas that are less exposed to floods and other natural disasters. These actions must be done hand in hand with training as for them to get prepared for any unfortunate and unexpected events. The population may use all available mechanisms to allow them to abandon with safety the critical areas. 35