B. Establishment of a continuous monitoring and permanent communication mechanism in the so-called “humanitarian zones” B.1. Information provided by the State 14. The State emphasized that one of the mechanisms it has implemented in order to ensure the adequate protection of the beneficiaries “has been the permanent link established by the Presidential Human Rights Program” with the representatives and, in general, with the members of the communities of the Jiguamiandó and of the Curvaradó, which allows the State to be informed of the requests for protection and of emergencies. According to the State, this mechanism has been acknowledged by the beneficiaries and the representatives, so that “it can be considered an effective, suitable and expeditious mechanism to deal with possible threats.” The above-mentioned Program works on the elaboration and coordination of public policies in the area of human rights and international humanitarian law, and facilitates the actions of different government entities. Its main objective is to improve the levels of respect, protection and guarantee of human rights and the application of international humanitarian law. In addition, the State indicated that, within the framework of compliance with the orders of the Constitutional Court, specifically with the adoption of the Integral Prevention and Attention Plan, other local and national institutions had been incorporated such as the Governor’s Office of the department of El Chocó, the Ministry of Agriculture, and INCODER (the Colombian Rural Development Institute). B.2. Observations of the representatives 15. The representatives considered that there is no effective verification mechanism to evaluate the responsiveness of the local, military and civil authorities when performing their task of protecting the rights of the beneficiaries of the provisional measures, and responding to situations of extreme gravity and urgency. In addition, they stressed the ineffectiveness of the Protection Program of the former Ministry of the Interior and Justice to respond opportunely to the beneficiaries’ requests for protection, arguing that the program has serious shortcomings which mean that the beneficiaries “do not receive opportune and effective attention when facing situations of risk” that warrant a response. In addition, they indicated that, in view of “the grave situation of risk,” the members of the lower councils of the Curvaradó and Jiguamiandó river basins had forwarded the Government an integral protection plan in which they requested individual and collective measures of protection for 48 leaders who were under threat, and urged that they be implemented rapidly and effectively. However, according to the representatives, they have not received an answer. Nevertheless, the representatives indicated that, on July 21, 2011, a meeting had been held with the participation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and delegates from the Ombudsman’s Office, the Ministry of the Interior, and the Presidential Human Rights Program, during which the representatives proposed the creation of a committee to monitor the beneficiaries’ situation of risk. B.3. Observations of the Inter-American Commission 16. The Commission indicated that the State had not commented on the integral protection plan that the members of the lower councils of the Curvaradó and Jiguamiandó river basins had forwarded to the Government, and therefore recalled the importance of the mechanism for concertation between the State, the beneficiaries and their representatives. B.4. Considerations of the Inter-American Court 8