Resolution 2397 adopted in 2008 on the Special Security Concerns of the Small Island States of the Caribbean, other OAS General Assembly Resolutions that approved the CICTE Work Plan, which included Tourism Security; considering that the Tourism Sector is a critical infrastructure and its immense contributions to global competitiveness, national income, employment generation and sustainable development in many Member States throughout the Hemisphere; 15. AWARE of the need to continue strengthening the CICTE Secretariat in its role of supporting member states and to enhance their capacity to cooperate to prevent and counter all forms and manifestations of terrorism; 16. REAFFIRMING that the fight against terrorism demands the broadest possible cooperation among the member states and coordination among international and regional organizations, in order to prevent, punish, and eliminate terrorism in all its forms; 17. AWARE OF a comprehensive Inter-American Cybersecurity Strategy: a multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach to creating a culture of Cybersecurity, DECLARE: 1. Their most vehement condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, as they consider it criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivations and where and by whom it is committed, and because it constitutes one of the most serious threats to life and to international peace and security, and to the democracy, stability, and prosperity of states; and their remaining determined to contribute further to enhancing the effectiveness of the overall effort to fight this scourge on a global level. 2. That they urge those member states that have not yet done so to sign, ratify, or accede to, as the case may be, the Inter-American Convention against Terrorism and the other pertinent universal legal instruments, and to implement in an effective manner the antiterrorism resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council.

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