L’Aquila (Italy), July 9 (Inditop.com) The G8 declaration on counter terrorism Thursday called for increased coordination among countries to check the abuse of internet by terrorist organisations for propaganda.
“Special attention must be paid to the abuses by terrorist organisations of both modern and more traditional means of public communication for propaganda. In particular the internet is widely exploited by terrorists to disseminate their radical messages and to plan and facilitate their violent acts,” the declaration said.
“We remain convinced that terrorism can be effectively defeated only through multi-faceted collective and coordinated efforts – particularly in the fields of information sharing and capacity building,” it said.
The declaration emphasised that special attention must be paid to victims of terrorism.
“Our countries are committed to further developing initiatives that assist survival and families of the victims.
“Visible progress has been achieved in our joint fight to prevent terrorist travel, terrorist financing, terrorist abuse of non-profit organisations and other forms of material support, including weapons, mainly through the establishment of a comprehensive sanctioned regime by UN Security Council resolutions,” the declaration said.
