while respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms and in compliance with other obligations under international law; 10. HIGHLIGHTING the need for member states to act cooperatively to prevent terrorists from exploiting technology, communications, and resources to incite support for terrorist acts, developing this cooperation in strict observance of human rights, privacy rights and fundamental freedoms, while respecting national sovereignty; 11. BEARING IN MIND That critical infrastructure refers, inter alia, to those facilities, systems, and networks, and physical or virtual (IT) services and equipment, the disabling or destruction of which would have a severe impact on populations, public health, security, economic activity, the environment, government services or the ability of the government of a Member State to operate effectively and that any interruption thereof caused by terrorist acts would have grave consequences for the flow of essential services and the functioning of supply chains; 12. UNDERSCORING that new technologies and regulatory gaps in new payment methods have proven not to be immune from risk of being abused for the purposes of terrorist activities; 13. UNDERSCORING that protecting critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks and other emerging threats such as the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes among others and ensuring that they operate normally is a concern to the member states that demands the implementation of security programs that include the resilience of critical infrastructure based on risk analysis developed in cooperation with stakeholders, through exchanges of good practices and experiences, in order to ensure the security of that infrastructure; and that such undertakings are a shared responsibility of public and private actors requiring awareness and cooperation and collaboration among them; 14. RECALLING the recommendations of the Meeting of Experts on Tourism and recreational services security that took place in March, 2008 in anticipation of CICTE VIII; the Declaration of Port of Spain, adopted at the Fifth Regular Session of CICTE; the mandates established by OAS General Secretariat Resolution 2137 of June 2005;