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;