RESOLUTION No. 3 /35-INF
ON
COLLABORATION OF COMPUTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT)
AMONG THE OIC MEMBER COUNTRIES
The Thirty-fifth Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (Session of Prosperity
and Development), held in Kampala, Republic of Uganda from 14-16 Jamadul Thani 1429
A.H (18 -20 June, 2008),
Recalling the objectives and principles enshrined in the Charter of the Organisation
of the Islamic Conference (OIC), particularly those calling for promoting solidarity among
the Islamic countries and strengthening capacities to protect their security, sovereignty,
independence and national rights;
Reaffirming the importance of establishing and maintaining peace, security and
stability around the Muslim world as well as the importance of building an environment of
mutual confidence, cooperation and solidarity among the Islamic countries;
Responding to the decision reached at the Knowledge and Information and
Communication Technologies for Development Conference (KICT4D 2005) that was held
during the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Islamic Development Bank
(IDB) on 21 — 23 June 2005 in Putrajaya, Malaysia the first OIC CERT Task Force meeting
was held in Malaysia and participated by Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates,
Turkey, Nigeria, Pakistan and Malaysia;
Bearing in mind also the results of the World Summit on the Information Society
held in Geneva from 10 to 12 December
November 2005 (second phase);
2003 (first phase)
and in Tunis from
Recalling the results of the 3" International Symposium
16 to 18
of the Islamic Centre for
Information Technology Emergency Response hosted by Tunisia on 1-2 April 2008;
Expressing its concem that these technologies and means can potentially be used for
purposes that are inconsistent with the objectives of maintaining international stability and
security and may adversely affect the integrity of the infrastructure of member states to the
detriment of their security in both civil and military fields, such as cyber attacks, hack
threats, intrusion worms, viruses or fraud;
Realizing that the nature of the internet and cyberspace is not confined to the physical
boundary of a country, hence and need to establish a cross border collaborations to share
information and initiatives to counter cyber threats;
Underlining the need of expanding the membership of the OIC CERT Task Force.