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(2005) and other pertinent UN Security Council resolutions, and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism
Strategy adopted by the UN General Assembly to fight terrorism; including to find, deny safe haven
to, and bring to justice, on the basis of the principle of extradite or prosecute any person who
supports, facilitates, participates, or attempts to participate in the financing, planning, preparation, or
commission of terrorist acts or provides safe haven;)
RECALLING that the Declaration on Security in the Americas (Mexico, 2003) identified as
salient among others new threats, terrorism and attacks to cybersecurity; and committed member
states to develop a culture of cybersecurity in the Americas by taking effective preventive measures
to anticipate, address, and respond to cyber attacks, whatever their origin, fighting against cyber
threats and cybercrime, criminalizing attacks against cyberspace, protecting critical infrastructure and
securing networked systems;
RECOGNIZING that fighting terrorism requires criminal justice systems that are respectful
of human rights and fundamental freedoms and that ensure persons who plan, perpetrate or support
terrorist acts are brought to justice;
UNDERSCORING their support to the victims of terrorism and their family members and
expressing their solidarity with them as well as the importance of providing appropriate assistance
pursuant to domestic norms;
RECALLING ALSO AG/RES. 1939 (XXXIII-O/03), "Development of an Inter-American
Strategy to Combat Threats to Cybersecurity" and 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;”
BEARING IN MIND that the OAS Comprehensive Inter-American Strategy to Combat
Threats to Cybersecurity outlines a multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach that establishes
specific mandates for the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE), the Inter-American
Telecommunications Commission (CITEL), and the Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers