9. We encourage states to share views on the application of international law to cyber space and national practice of relevance hereto. At this point we believe that focus should be on clarifying the application of existing international law to cyber space, and do not see the need to embark on the establishment of new binding international legal instruments specifically aimed regulating cyber space. Denmark holds the International Law Commission at in high regard and recalls the many foundational contributions it has made to the development and codification of international law. At this point, however, we remain uncertain as to whether recommendations/a request for putting the topic of application of international Jaw to ICTs on the ILCs work program would be the best way of advancing work on this issue, considering the variety of discussions taking place in other fora, the degree of available state practice and the already heavy work program of the ILC. D. Rules, Norms and Principles 10. We welcome the recall of the consensus resolution 70/237, which calls upon States to be guided in their use of ICTs by the 2015 GGE report, including the 11 voluntary, non-binding norms. However, there was broad agreement among Member States on the need for these norms to be implemented. As such, we recommend a stronger reflection of this in the text of the “predraft” report. While we recognize Member States have not been particularly specific on how to ensure this implementation, the report could benefit from proposals of a more concrete nature. We therefore hope the proposal submitted by Australia and Mexico with a broad range of cosponsors (including Denmark) will be well received. 11, We recognize the ICT environment has changed dramatically since the last report of the GGE in 2015. Nevertheless, for now, we believe the world does not need additional norms. Instead, what we need is states adhering to the ones we already have. This was expressed by several delegations (including Denmark) during the last OEWG-session and should therefore be reflected, While not excluding the possibility for negotiating new norms further down the road, we believe focus of the current OEWG should remain on promoting awareness and understanding of the existing norms and support their operationalization, including through the sharing of best practices in implementation. E. Confidence-building Measures 12. We welcome the initiative to establish a mechanism to share best practices on Confidencebuilding Measures (CBMs). We welcome consultation with relevant regional bodies on how to leverage ICT related CBM implementation to the global level. However, duplication of efforts should be avoided where possible.

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