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Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security

A/RES/67/27No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 89Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security, published in 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

24 versions · 1999–2023
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/78/237
  • 2023A/RES/78/237Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international securityLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/77/36Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international securityCompare with previous version
  • 2021A/RES/75/240Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international securityCompare with previous version
  • 2019A/RES/74/29Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international securityCompare with previous version
  • 2018A/RES/73/27Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international securityCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics
Communication TechnologyCybersecurityData ProtectionInformation TechnologyInformation TransferTelecommunications

What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs
1
Calls upon Member States to promote further at multilateral levels the consideration of existing and potential threats in the field of information security, as well as possible strategies to address the threats emerging in this field, consistent with the need to preserve the free flow of information;
2
Considers that the purpose of such strategies could be served through further examination of relevant international concepts aimed at strengthening the security of global information and telecommunications systems;
3
Invites all Member States, taking into account the assessments and recommendations contained in the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security,Error: Reference source not found to continue to inform the Secretary-General of their views and assessments on the following questions:
a
General appreciation of the issues of information security;
b
Efforts taken at the national level to strengthen information security and promote international cooperation in this field;
c
The content of the concepts mentioned in paragraph 2 above;
d
Possible measures that could be taken by the international community to strengthen information security at the global level;
4
Welcomes the commencement of the work of the Group of Governmental Experts, authorizes the Group, taking into account the assessments and recommendations contained in the above-mentioned report, to continue to study existing and potential threats in the sphere of information security and possible cooperative measures to address them, including norms, rules or principles of responsible behaviour of States and confidence-building measures with regard to information space, as well as the concepts referred to in paragraph 2 above, and requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a report on the results of the study;
5
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-eighth session the item entitled “Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security”.

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