Open-Ended Working Group on Security of and in the Use of Information and Communications Technologies 2021-2025 Established Pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 75/240

A/RES/79/237View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 93 Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security, published in 2024.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2024–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/16

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/16	Open-ended Working Group on Security of and in the Use of Information and Communications Technologies 2021-2025 established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 75/240	398	47%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/237	Open-ended Working Group on Security of and in the Use of Information and Communications Technologies 2021-2025 established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 75/240	528	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Data Protection Directories Information Technology Working Groups

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Decides to endorse the third annual progress report of the OEWG as contained in document A/79/214;

Welcomes the consensus achieved within the OEWG to:

Recommend the establishment of the future permanent mechanism based on the consensus elements contained in the paper entitled “Elements for the Open-Ended Action-Oriented Permanent Mechanism on ICT Security in the context of international security” as contained in document A/79/214 in order to ensure a seamless transition from the OEWG to the future permanent mechanism;

Continue discussions within the current OEWG and to submit recommendations in the Final Report of the OEWG to be adopted in July 2025 on: (i) modalities on the participation of other interested parties and stakeholders, including businesses, non-governmental organizations and academia, in the future permanent mechanism; (ii) dedicated thematic groups of the future permanent mechanism; and (iii) other elements as required;

Recommend that the future permanent mechanism would facilitate the continued operationalization and further development of all existing initiatives set up under the auspices of the OEWG 2021–2025 and/or other previous processes, including, inter alia, the Global POC Directory and the Global Roundtable on ICT security capacity-building;

Emphasizes that the open-ended working group itself serves as a confidence-building measure, and in this regard recognizes the need to facilitate inclusive participation, including the participation of all delegations in an inclusive manner and on equal footing;

Decides to convene additional intersessional meetings of up to 10 days across 2024 and 2025, to advance discussions, build on the annual progress reports, and support the continued work of the open-ended working group in accordance with its mandate pursuant to resolution 75/240;

Also decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eightieth session the item entitled “Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security”.

55th (resumed) plenary meeting

24 December 2024

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