Advancing Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace in the Context of International Security

A/RES/73/266View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 96 Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security, published in 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2019–2020

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/75/32

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2020	A/RES/75/32	Advancing responsible State behaviour in cyberspace in the context of international security	1,107	86%Compare
2019	A/RES/74/28	Advancing responsible State behaviour in cyberspace in the context of international security	961	78%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/266	Advancing responsible State behaviour in cyberspace in the context of international security	1,167	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

4 reports · 2019–2022

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2022	A/77/92	Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security, and advancing responsible State behaviour in the use of information and communications technologies report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/28
2021	A/76/187	Advancing responsible State behaviour in cyberspace in the context of international security report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/32
2020	A/75/123	Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/28
2019	A/74/120	Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/266

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Consultations Cybersecurity Cyberspace Data Protection Groups of Experts Information Technology International Security Telecommunications

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Calls upon Member States:

To be guided in their use of information and communications technologies by the 2010,1 20132 and 20153 reports of the Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security;

To support the implementation of cooperative measures, as identified in the reports of the Group of Governmental Experts, to address the threats emerging in this field and ensure an open, interoperable, reliable and secure information and communications technology environment consistent with the need to preserve the free flow of information;

Invites all Member States, taking into account the assessments and recommendations contained in the reports of the Group of Governmental Experts, to continue to inform the Secretary-General of their views and assessments on the following questions:

Efforts taken at the national level to strengthen information security and promote international cooperation in this field;

The content of the concepts mentioned in the reports of the Group of Governmental Experts;

Requests the Secretary-General, with the assistance of a group of governmental experts, to be established in 2019 on the basis of equitable geographical distribution, proceeding from the assessments and recommendations contained in the above-mentioned reports, to continue to study, with a view to promoting common understandings and effective implementation, possible cooperative measures to address existing and potential threats in the sphere of information security, including norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviour of States, confidence-building measures and capacity-building, as well as how international law applies to the use of information and communications technologies by States, and to submit a report on the results of the study, including an annex containing national contributions of participating governmental experts on the subject of how international law applies to the use of information and communications technologies by States, to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session;

Requests the Office for Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat, through existing resources and voluntary contributions, on behalf of the members of the group of governmental experts, to collaborate with relevant regional organizations, such as the African Union, the European Union, the Organization of American States, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Regional Forum of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, to convene a series of consultations to share views on the issues within the mandate of the group in advance of its sessions;

Requests the Chair of the group of governmental experts to organize two two-day informal consultative meetings, open-ended so that all Member States can engage in interactive discussions and share their views, which the Chair shall convey to the group of governmental experts for consideration;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session the item entitled “Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security”.

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