DECLARATION PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FROM EMERGING THREATS (Approved at the Fifth Plenary Session held on March 20, 2015) THE MEMBER STATES OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMITTEE AGAINST TERRORISM (CICTE) OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS), gathered at its fifteenth regular session, held in Washington, D.C., in the United States of America, from March 19 to 20, 2015: 1. RECOGNIZING the content of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2178 which reaffirms that terrorism in all forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security, and that any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable regardless of their motivations, whenever and by whomsoever committed; and remaining determined to contribute further to enhancing the effectiveness of the overall effort to fight this scourge on a global level; 2. REAFFIRMING their commitment to preventing, combating, and eliminating terrorism and its funding, according to the principles of the Charter of the Organization of American States and of the Inter-American Convention against Terrorism, with full respect for national sovereignty, the rule of law, and international law, including international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and international refugee law; 3. RENEWING THE COMMITMENTS assumed in the Declaration of Panama on the Protection of Critical Infrastructure in the Hemisphere in the Face of Terrorism (CICTE/DEC.1/07) and in all the declarations adopted at the meetings of the InterAmerican Committee against Terrorism, and recognizing all the resolutions adopted by the OAS General Assembly and Permanent Council in connection with terrorism;