Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes

A/RES/75/282View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 112Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes, published in 2020.

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3 versions · 2019–2021

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2019A/RES/73/187Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes

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6 topics

Communication Technology Crime Prevention Cybercrime Groups of Experts Information Technology Treaties

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Welcomes the election of the officers of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes, at its organizational session, on 10 May 2021;

Decides that the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime shall continue to serve as the secretariat of the Ad Hoc Committee;

Notes with appreciation the organizational session of the Ad Hoc Committee, convened in New York from 10 to 12 May 2021;

Decides that the Ad Hoc Committee shall convene at least six sessions, of 10 days each, to commence in January 2022, and conclude its work in order to provide a draft convention to the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session;

Also decides that the Ad Hoc Committee shall hold the first, third and sixth negotiating sessions in New York and the second, fourth and fifth sessions in Vienna and shall be guided by the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, while all decisions of the Committee on substantive matters without approval by consensus shall be taken by a two-thirds majority of the representatives present and voting, before which the Chair, upon a decision of the Bureau, shall inform the Committee that every effort to reach agreement by consensus has been exhausted;

Further decides that the Ad Hoc Committee shall conduct the concluding session in New York for the purposes of adopting the draft convention;

Decides to invite to the substantive sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee, as appropriate, representatives of interested global and regional intergovernmental organizations, including representatives of United Nations bodies, specialized agencies and funds, as well as representatives of functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council, as observers;

Reaffirms that representatives of non-governmental organizations that are in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, in accordance with Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996, may register with the secretariat in order to participate in the sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee;

Requests the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee, in consultation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to draw up a list of representatives of other relevant non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions and the private sector, including those with expertise in the field of cybercrime, who may participate in the Ad Hoc Committee, taking into account the principles of transparency and equitable geographical representation, with due regard for gender parity, to submit the proposed list to Member States for their consideration on a non-objection basis and to bring the list to the attention of the Ad Hoc Committee for a final decision by the Ad Hoc Committee on participation;

Encourages the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee to host intersessional consultations to solicit inputs from a diverse range of stakeholders on the elaboration of the draft convention;

Reaffirms that the Ad Hoc Committee shall take into full consideration existing international instruments and efforts at the national, regional and international levels on combating the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes, in particular the work and outcomes of the open-ended intergovernmental Expert Group to Conduct a Comprehensive Study on Cybercrime;

Requests the Secretary-General to allocate the necessary resources in order to organize and support the work of the Ad Hoc Committee within the United Nations programme budget;

Urges Member States to provide voluntary extrabudgetary financial contributions to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to ensure funding to enable the participation of representatives of developing countries, especially those that do not have resident representation in Vienna, in the work of the Ad Hoc Committee, including by covering their travel costs and accommodation expenses;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth to seventy-eighth sessions the item entitled “Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes”.

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