19. Notes the importance of working to alleviate the threat of terrorism by preventing the transboundary movement of persons, weapons and financial assets associated with terrorist activity, in accordance with the commitments entered into in the framework of the OSCE; 20. Calls on the OSCE participating States to make use of the possibilities of national parliaments in order to promote the ratification and implementation of international agreements regulating co-operation between States in the fight against terrorism; 21. Calls emphatically for enhanced international co-operation and public-private partnerships to develop practical measures to counter the use of the Internet and other means for inciting violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism and for recruiting foreign terrorist fighters; such international co-operation and public-private partnerships could foster communication efforts, including via social media, to counter violent extremist messaging, while fully respecting the right to freedom of opinion and expression; 22. Deems it appropriate to consider possibilities for adopting and broadening the practice of voluntary counter-terrorism restrictions on the media, officials and public figures to ensure that terrorists and their sponsors are not provided with information platforms to manipulate the media and that news outlets refrain from aggravating tensions in the infosphere and contributing to terrorist radicalization, as well as the introduction of accountability for such offences; 23. Calls for the establishment, within the framework of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, of a counter-terrorism committee to work towards convergence of the approaches of participating States in combating the terrorist threat and to co-ordinate their action in this regard; 24. Calls on participating States to safeguard the balance between individual and public freedoms and the security measures needed to counter terrorism. 37