PSC/PR/BR.(DCXXVII) Page 3 continental level, including by coordinating all continental efforts and initiatives to promote cybersecurity related issues and working closely with the relevant ministries in the Member States. Council welcomed the proposal made by Egypt, Chairperson of the Council for the month of September 2016, to host an African Event to further discuss the Egyptian Initiative previously proposed during the Specialized Technical Committee of Telecommunication and ICT to start an African Dialogue aiming at combating terrorism online and securing cyberspace based on the following pillars: I. To pave the way for internationalprinciples on how to coordinate and cooperate with the relevant stakeholders in addressing new threats. II. To raise the level of confidence and security in the use of ICTs and take necessary actions to fight abuses, while promoting mutual understanding between governments and stakeholders to tackle the issue. III. To discuss protection of infrastructure and networks that might raise security challenges faced by countries. IV. To prevent the occurrence of any online accident by government authorities at the national, sub-national and regional levels (including the establishment of national Computer Incident Response Teams), and through collaboration with the private sector. V. To promote and encourage a linkage between the African Computer Emergency Response Teams and exchange information. Council agreed to remain seized of the matter.