Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the overall review
of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society
A/RES/70/125
problem of cybercrime and the Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in
the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International
Security, among other international, regional and national efforts.
50. We recognize the leading role for Governments in cybersecurity matters
relating to national security. We further recognize the important roles and
contributions of all stakeholders, in their respective roles and responsibilities. We
reaffirm that building confidence and security in the use of information and
communications technologies should be consistent with human rights.
51. We recognize the important role of international law, especially the
Charter of the United Nations, in building confidence and security in the use of
information and communications technologies by States, and welcome the 2013 and
2015 reports of the Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of
Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security. 9
52. We are concerned, however, about certain growing uses of information
and communications technologies that threaten security and development benefits,
including the use of such technologies for terrorist purposes and cybercrime. We
express the need for existing legal and enforcement frameworks to keep up with the
speed of technological change and its application. Furthermore, we note concerns
that attacks against States, institutions, companies, other entities and individuals are
now being undertaken through digital means. We reiterate our belief that a global
culture of cybersecurity needs to be promoted and developed and that cybersecurity
measures should be implemented in cooperation with all stakeholders and
international expert bodies in order to foster trust and security in the information
society.
53. We call upon Member States to intensify efforts to build robust domestic
security in information and communications technologies and the use thereof,
consistent with their international obligations and domestic law. We further call
upon Member States to cooperate on transnational issues of information and
communications technologies and the use thereof, including capacity-building and
cooperation in combating the criminal misuse of the technologies and preventing the
use of technology, communications and resources for criminal or terrorist purposes.
54. We recognize the challenges that States, in particular developing
countries, face in building confidence and security in the use of information and
communications technologies. We call for renewed focus on capacity-building,
education, knowledge-sharing and regulatory practice, as well as promoting multistakeholder cooperation at all levels and raising awareness among users of
information and communications technologies, particularly among the poorest and
most vulnerable.
4.
Internet governance
55. We reaffirm paragraph 55 of the Tunis Agenda, and in this regard we
recognize that the existing arrangements have worked effectively to make the
Internet the highly robust, dynamic and geographically diverse medium that it is
today, with the private sector taking the lead in day-to-day operations and with
innovation and value creation at the edges. However, almost 4 billion people,
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