Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Ministerial Council
Sofia 2004
MC.DEC/3/04
7 December 2004
Original: ENGLISH
2nd day of the Twelfth Meeting
MC(12) Journal No. 2, Agenda item 8
DECISION No. 3/04
COMBATING THE USE OF THE INTERNET FOR
TERRORIST PURPOSES
The Ministerial Council,
Recognizing United Nations Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001) and
1566 (2004) as milestones of the international legal framework for the fight against terrorism,
Determined to further intensify efforts in the implementation of existing OSCE
commitments on combating terrorism, as reflected in the OSCE Charter on Preventing and
Combating Terrorism, Porto Ministerial Council Decision No. 1 on implementing the OSCE
commitments and activities on combating terrorism, the Bucharest Plan of Action for
Combating Terrorism and the OSCE Strategy to Address Threats to Security and Stability in
the Twenty-First Century,
Recalling the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (November 2001), and
other relevant works developed in this forum, as well as the results of the Council of Europe
Conference on the Challenge of Cybercrime,
Recalling the OSCE Meeting on the Relationship Between Racist, Xenophobic and
Anti-Semitic Propaganda on the Internet and Hate Crimes (Paris, 15 and 16 June 2004),
Concerned by the extent of use of the Internet by terrorist organizations:
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To identify and to recruit potential members,
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To collect and transfer funds,
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To organize terrorist acts,
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To incite terrorist acts in particular through the use of propaganda,
Decides that participating States will exchange information on the use of the Internet
for terrorist purposes and identify possible strategies to combat this threat, while ensuring
respect for international human rights obligations and standards, including those concerning
the rights to privacy and freedom of opinion and expression;
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