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 — A/RES/76/19 | UN Mandate Registry
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
Recognizes the adoption of the consensus final report of the Open-ended Working Group on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security;2
Welcomes the consensus final report of the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts on Advancing Responsible State Behaviour in the Context of International Security;3
Calls uponMember States to be guided in their use of information and communications technologies by the 2021 report of the Open-ended Working Group and the 2021 report of the Group of Governmental Experts;
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Supports the open-ended working group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021–2025, and acknowledges its mandate in accordance with General Assembly resolution 75/240;
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Underlines further that the open-ended working group 2021–2025 should take into account the outcomes of the previous Open-ended Working Group and the Groups of Governmental Experts and add to the efforts undertaken by them, and should be consensus-based and results-oriented;
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Invitesall Member States, taking into account the assessments and recommendations contained in the report of the Open-ended Working Group and the reports of the Group of Governmental Experts, to continue to inform the Secretary-General of their views and assessments on the following questions:
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Efforts taken at the national level to strengthen information security and promote international cooperation in this field;
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The content of the concepts mentioned in the report of the Open-ended Working Group and the reports of the Group of Governmental Experts;
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Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-seventh session the item entitled “Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security”.
