2023A/RES/78/237Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international securityLatestCompare with previous version
1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2024.
2024A/79/81Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security report of the Secretary-General
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What does this mandate say?
9 operative paragraphs
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Supports the work of the Open-ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021–2025 in accordance with its mandate, as enshrined in General Assembly resolution 75/240;
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Calls upon States to further engage constructively in the negotiations during formal and intersessional meetings of the Open-ended Working Group, which, pursuant to its mandate, will present recommendations, adopted by consensus, to the General Assembly;
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Welcomes the adoption by consensus of the second annual progress report of the Open-ended Working Group, and takes note of the compendium of statements in explanation of position on its adoption;
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Also welcomes the establishment of the global intergovernmental points of contact directory as the first universal confidence-building measure, and calls upon States to use this instrument in good faith to develop practical cooperation, including through the computer emergency response teams channels, as well as to continue discussing at the Open-ended Working Group possible ways to continuously improve the directory in an incremental and step-by-step manner, as set out in annex A to the second annual progress report of the Open-ended Working Group, inter alia, through communication protocols and required capacity-building measures;
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Recommendsthat Member States continue discussions at the Open-ended Working Group, in accordance with its mandate, on rules, norms and principles of responsible behaviour of States, including the need to discuss the elaboration of additional legally binding obligations;
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EncouragesMember States to continue exchanging views at the Open-ended Working Group on intergovernmental regular institutional dialogue on security in the use of information and communications technologies, with the objective of elaborating a common understanding on the most effective format for future regular institutional dialogue with the broad participation of States under United Nations auspices to be established upon conclusion of the work of the Open-ended Working Group, and confirms that, in considering different proposals on regular institutional dialogue, the views, concerns and interests of all States should be taken into account, and recommends that these proposals be further elaborated within the Open-ended Working Group;
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InvitesMember States to share within the Open-ended Working Group their views on capacity-building needs, including for the implementation of practical measures recommended by the Open-ended Working Group, as well as possible inclusive mechanisms to meet them, including funding, taking into account the agreed principles of capacity-building, as set out in annex C to the second annual progress report of the Open-ended Working Group, in particular that capacity-building activities should correspond to nationally identified needs and priorities and should be undertaken with full respect for the principle of State sovereignty;
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Invitesall Member States to continue to inform the Secretary-General of their views and assessments on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies, in particular on the future regular institutional dialogue on these matters under the auspices of the United Nations, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report based on those views to the General Assembly during its seventy-eighth session for further discussion between Member States in the meetings of the Open-ended Working Group at its eighth session in 2024;
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Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-ninth session the item entitled “Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security”.
50th (resumed) plenary meeting
22 December 2023
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