AG/RES. 2004 (XXXIV-O/04)
ADOPTION OF A COMPREHENSIVE INTER-AMERICAN STRATEGY
TO COMBAT THREATS TO CYBERSECURITY: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL AND
MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO CREATING A CULTURE OF CYBERSECURITY
(Adopted at the fourth plenary session, held on June 8, 2004)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN the Annual Report of the Permanent Council to the General Assembly, in
particular the section on the matters entrusted to the Committee on Hemispheric Security
(AG/doc.4265 add. 5 corr. 1), and specifically the recommendations on a Comprehensive InterAmerican Strategy to Combat Threats to Cybersecurity;
RECALLING its resolution AG/RES. 1939 (XXXIII-O/03), "Development of an InterAmerican Strategy to Combat Threats to Cybersecurity";
BEARING IN MIND that the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE), at its
fourth regular session, held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from January 28 to 30, 2004, adopted the
Declaration of Montevideo (CICTE/DEC. 1/04 rev. 3), in which it declared its commitment to
identifying and fighting emerging terrorist threats, regardless of their origins or motivation, such as
threats to cybersecurity;
NOTING WITH SATISFACTION:
That the OAS Conference on Cybersecurity, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 28 and
29, 2003, in compliance with the above-mentioned resolution, demonstrated the gravity of
cybersecurity threats to the security of critical information systems, critical information structures,
and economies throughout the world, and underscored that effective action to deal with this issue
must involve intersectoral cooperation and coordination among a broad range of governmental and
nongovernmental entities;
That CICTE, at its fourth regular session, considered the document "Framework for
Establishing an Inter-American CSIRT Watch and Warning Network" (CICTE/INF.4/04) and decided
to hold a meeting of government cybersecurity experts, in March 2004 in Ottawa, Canada, to prepare
its recommendations for the draft Comprehensive Inter-American Strategy to Combat Threats to
Cybersecurity, in compliance with the above-mentioned resolution; and
The recommendations formulated by CICTE (CICTE/REGVAC/doc.2/04), CITEL (CPP.ITEL/doc.427/04 rev. 2), and the Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General
of the Americas (REMJA) and its Group of Governmental Experts on Cyber-crime (CIBERIII/doc.4/03);