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DEVELOPING a culture of cybersecurity in the Americas by taking effective preventive
measures to anticipate, address, and respond to cyberattacks, whatever their origin, and
regardless of who commits them, fighting against cyber threats and cybercrime, criminilazing
attacks against cyberspace, protecting critical infrastructure and securing networked systems.
Reafirming our commitment to develop and implement and integral OAS cybersecurity
strategy, utilizing the contributions and recommendations developed jointly by member state
experts and the REMJA Governmental Expert Group on Cybercrime, CICTE, the InterAmerican Telecommunication Commission (CITEL), and other appropriate organs, taking
into consideration the existing work developed by member states, coordinated with the
Committee on Hemispheric Security;
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RECALLING that the Ministers of Public Security of the Americas meeting in MISPA V,
held on November 19-20, 2015 in Lima, issued a statement reaffirming their decided and
firm commitment with peace and the fight against terrorism in all its forms and
manifestations;
9.
RECOGNIZING that the fight against terrorism requires criminal justice systems that respect
and protecthuman rights and fundamental freedoms, in order to ensure that individuals who
plan, carry out, or support acts of terrorism are brought to justice, wherever they may be, and
be subject to due process;
10.
UNDERSCORING their support for and solidarity toward the victims of terrorism and their
families, together with the importance of providing them with appropriate assistance and
protection in accordance with domestic law of each state;
11.
MINDFUL of the declaration “Strengthening Cybersecurity in the Americas,” adopted at the
fourth plenary session of the twelfth regular session of CICTE on March 7, 2012, and of the
declaration “Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Emerging Threats,” adopted at the fifth
plenary session of the fifteenth regular session of CICTE on March 20, 2015;
12.
NOTING WITH SATISFACTION the extensive work carried out by the CICTE Secretariat
as well as the working group on cybercrime of the REMJA, and CITEL since 2004 to
implement the aforesaid Inter-American Strategy to Combat Threats to Cybersecurity, as
well as the implementation of the CICTE Work Plan, which includes the topic of Protecting
Critical Infrastructure and, within it, the Cybersecurity Program;
13.
REITERATING the importance of continuing to implement the aforesaid Strategy and the
need to strengthen partnerships between all cybersecurity stakeholders;
14.
RECOGNIZING that free expression and the free flow of information, exercised in
accordance with member states’ applicable obligations and commitments within the
framework of international and regional human rights instruments, are essential for
innovation and for the operation of the computer networks that underpin economic growth
and social development;
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RECOGNIZING ALSO that the member states are making increased use of the infrastructure
of information and communications technologies (ICTs), networks, information systems, and
related technologies, integrated into the global network of the internet, and that this increases