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(10th meeting) Open-ended working group on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - Tenth Substantive Session (17-21 February 2025)

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Closure of the session Concluding remarks by the Chair In 2020, the General Assembly through resolution 75/240, established a new five-year open-ended working group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025. The group is mandated to further develop the rules, norms and principles of responsible behaviour of States; to consider initiatives of States aimed at ensuring security in the use of information and communications technologies; to establish, under the auspices of the United Nations, regular institutional dialogue with the broad participation of States; to continue to study, with a view to promoting common understandings, existing and potential threats in the sphere of information security, inter alia, data security, and possible cooperative measures to prevent and counter such threats, and how international law applies to the use of information and communications technologies by States, as well as confidence-building measures and capaci...

(9th meeting) Open-ended working group on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - Tenth Substantive Session (17-21 February 2025)

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  Agenda item 6: other matters In 2020, the United Nations General Assembly through resolution 75/240, established a new five-year open-ended working group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025 . The group is mandated to further develop the rules, norms and principles of responsible behaviour of States; to consider initiatives of States aimed at ensuring security in the use of information and communications technologies; to establish, under the auspices of the United Nations, regular institutional dialogue with the broad participation of States; to continue to study, with a view to promoting common understandings, existing and potential threats in the sphere of information security, inter alia, data security, and possible cooperative measures to prevent and counter such threats, and how international law applies to the use of information and communications technologies by States, as well as confidence-building measures and capacity-...

(8th meeting) Open-ended working group on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - Tenth Substantive Session (17-21 February 2025)

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Agenda item 5: discussions on substantive issues contained in paragraph 1 of General Assembly resolution 75/240 (continued) In 2020, the General Assembly through resolution 75/240, established a new five-year open-ended working group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025 . The group is mandated to further develop the rules, norms and principles of responsible behaviour of States; to consider initiatives of States aimed at ensuring security in the use of information and communications technologies; to establish, under the auspices of the United Nations, regular institutional dialogue with the broad participation of States; to continue to study, with a view to promoting common understandings, existing and potential threats in the sphere of information security, inter alia, data security, and possible cooperative measures to prevent and counter such threats, and how international law applies to the use of information and communications tec...

(7th meeting) Open-ended working group on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - Tenth Substantive Session (17-21 February 2025)

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  Agenda item 5: discussions on substantive issues contained in paragraph 1 of General Assembly resolution 75/240(continued) Capacity-building In 2020, the General Assembly through resolution 75/240, established a new five-year open-ended working group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025. The group is mandated to further develop the rules, norms and principles of responsible behaviour of States; to consider initiatives of States aimed at ensuring security in the use of information and communications technologies; to establish, under the auspices of the United Nations, regular institutional dialogue with the broad participation of States; to continue to study, with a view to promoting common understandings, existing and potential threats in the sphere of information security, inter alia, data security, and possible cooperative measures to prevent and counter such threats, and how international law applies to the use of information a...

(6th meeting) Open-ended working group on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - Tenth Substantive Session (17-21 February 2025)

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  Dedicated stakeholder session (in accordance with agreed modalities for the participation of stakeholders of 22 April 2022) [1] In 2020, the General Assembly through resolution 75/240, established a new five-year open-ended working group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025. The group is mandated to further develop the rules, norms and principles of responsible behaviour of States; to consider initiatives of States aimed at ensuring security in the use of information and communications technologies; to establish, under the auspices of the United Nations, regular institutional dialogue with the broad participation of States; to continue to study, with a view to promoting common understandings, existing and potential threats in the sphere of information security, inter alia, data security, and possible cooperative measures to prevent and counter such threats, and how international law applies to the use of information and communicat...

(5th meeting) Open-ended working group on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - Tenth Substantive Session (17-21 February 2025).

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Agenda item 5: discussions on substantive issues contained in paragraph 1 of General Assembly resolution 75/240 (continued) Confidence-building measures In 2020, the General Assembly through resolution 75/240, established a new five-year open-ended working group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025 . The group is mandated to further develop the rules, norms and principles of responsible behaviour of States; to consider initiatives of States aimed at ensuring security in the use of information and communications technologies; to establish, under the auspices of the United Nations, regular institutional dialogue with the broad participation of States; to continue to study, with a view to promoting common understandings, existing and potential threats in the sphere of information security, inter alia, data security, and possible cooperative measures to prevent and counter such threats, and how international law applies to the use of infor...

(4th meeting) Open-ended working group on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - Tenth Substantive Session (17-21 February 2025).

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Agenda item 5: discussions on substantive issues contained in paragraph 1 of General Assembly resolution 75/240 (continued) How international law applies to the use of information and communications technologies by States In 2020, the General Assembly through resolution 75/240, established a new five-year open-ended working group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025. The group is mandated to further develop the rules, norms and principles of responsible behaviour of States; to consider initiatives of States aimed at ensuring security in the use of information and communications technologies; to establish, under the auspices of the United Nations, regular institutional dialogue with the broad participation of States; to continue to study, with a view to promoting common understandings, existing and potential threats in the sphere of information security, inter alia, data security, and possible cooperative measures to prevent and counter ...

(3rd meeting) Open-ended working group on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - Tenth Substantive Session (17-21 February 2025).

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Agenda item 5: discussions on substantive issues contained in paragraph 1 of General Assembly resolution 75/240(continued) Further develop the rules, norms and principles of responsible behaviour of States and the ways for their implementation and, if necessary, to introduce changes to them or elaborate additional rules of behaviour In 2020, the General Assembly through resolution 75/240, established a new five-year open-ended working group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025. The group is mandated to further develop the rules, norms and principles of responsible behaviour of States; to consider initiatives of States aimed at ensuring security in the use of information and communications technologies; to establish, under the auspices of the United Nations, regular institutional dialogue with the broad participation of States; to continue to study, with a view to promoting common understandings, existing and potential threats in the sp...

(2nd meeting) Open-ended working group on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - Tenth Substantive Session (17-21 February 2025).

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  Agenda item 5: discussions on substantive issues contained in paragraph 1 of General Assembly resolution 75/240[1] Continue to study, with a view to promoting common understandings, existing and potential threats in the sphere of information security, inter alia, data security, and possible cooperative measures to prevent and counter such threats In 2020, the General Assembly through resolution 75/240, established a new five-year open-ended working group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025. The group is mandated to further develop the rules, norms and principles of responsible behaviour of States; to consider initiatives of States aimed at ensuring security in the use of information and communications technologies; to establish, under the auspices of the United Nations, regular institutional dialogue with the broad participation of States; to continue to study, with a view to promoting common understandings, existing and potentia...

(1st meeting) Open-ended working group on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - Tenth Substantive Session (17-21 February 2025).

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Tenth substantive session of the Open-ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025 on issues related to information security in the context of international security. - Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs - Chair of the open-ended working group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025, Burhan Gafoor Agenda item 3: organization of work In 2020, the General Assembly through resolution 75/240, established a new five-year open-ended working group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025. The group is mandated to further develop the rules, norms and principles of responsible behaviour of States; to consider initiatives of States aimed at ensuring security in the use of information and communications technologies; to establish, under the auspices of the United Nations, regular institutional dialogue with ...