PSC/PR/BR (DXCII) Page 2 Council and Participants noted that violent extremists seek out individuals and groups embittered by the lack of governmental accountability, the denial of basic human rights, and the lack of opportunities for political, economic and social participation, among others. In this regard, they emphasized the need to improve living conditions and provision of employment opportunities as effective tools in the fight against radicalization, violent extremism and terrorism. They also called for promoting good governance, building civilian security sector capacity, promoting values based on tolerance, humanism and the sanctity of human life, infrastructural development and consolidation of the economic and financial sector, designing and providing counter-narratives and tailored sensitization programmes, taking into account the different levels of target audience, which should start from primary/elementary school level, as an initial step to foster a peace loving and tolerant generation. Council and Participants strongly emphasized the need for Member States to adopt counter‐radicalization and de‐radicalization in national policies and programmes that integrate respect for human rights, dicersity and freedoms. In this regard, the role of civil society, including community leaders and religious authorities, formal and informal educational institutes, addressing socio‐economic problems to reduce vulnerability to extremist ideology, legislative reform, prison rehabilitation programs and building national capacities to ensure effective implementation and sustainability of counter-radicalization measures, must be emphasized. They acknowledged that the internet and social media have been used to radicalize society, particularly youths. In this regard, they appealed to Member States to adopt measures to closely monitor the use of the internet and social media and to use them to provide a counter-narrative based on tolerance and nonviolence, and stressed the need to reach a comprehensive continental strategy that governs issues related to countering cybercrime and cyber-terrorism. Council and Participants acknowledged the necessity to fully implement the Council decisions and United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning the financing of terrorism. They called for engaging the political will of the international community to compel States and parties funding and supporting terrorism to stop their funding and support, making sure to hold them accountable for their acts. Council and Participants also called for strengthening of capacities of Member Sates in order to empower them to fulfill their obligations under the resolutions and decisions referred to. Council and Participants emphasized the importance of addressing the phenomenon of “foreign terrorist fighters”, through national efforts in addition to collective coordination, taking in to account that this phenomenon is considered one of the most dangerous aspects of