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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 94 Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security, published in 2025.

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2 versions · 2024–2025

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	–

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 4	Regional disarmament, capacity-building and outreach	20	Unavailable

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 4	Regional disarmament, capacity-building and outreach	20	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Data Protection Directories Information Technology International Cooperation

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

Decides to endorse the final report of the open-ended working group as contained in document A/80/257;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary support to operationalize all aspects of the Global Mechanism on developments in the field of ICTs in the context of international security and advancing responsible State behaviour in the use of ICTs, starting in 2026, in accordance with the elements agreed in annex C to document A/79/214, as endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 79/237, and the additional elements agreed in annex I to document A/80/257, in order to ensure a smooth and seamless transition from the open-ended working group to the Global Mechanism;

Also requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary support to establish the dedicated Global ICT Security Cooperation and Capacity-Building Portal in accordance with document A/80/257;

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

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