Co-Chairs' Statement on the 1st ASEAN-China Cyber
Dialogue
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2020-12-16 22:36
The Inaugural ASEAN-China Cyber Dialogue was held via video conference on 7th
December 2020, co-chaired by the Philippines and China. During the Dialogue, we
exchanged in-depth views and insights on issues including a general situation in
cyberspace, domestic policies and mechanism building, global governance and
development of rules in cyberspace, and cooperation on capacity building within the
region.
Recalling the ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership Vision 2030, we reaffirmed that
enhanced communications and cooperation on cybersecurity policy and digital
connectivity would help advance the ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership.
Recalling also the Chairman's Statement of the 23rd ASEAN-China Summit, we
underscored the importance of multilateralism. We stressed that it is in the interest of all
States to promote the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for
peaceful purposes, with the objective of shaping a community of a safe and secured
future for humankind in cyberspace.
We underlined that the United Nations (UN) should play a leading role in developing
common understandings on the security and use of ICTs, as well as on the application of
international law, norms, rules and principles for responsible State behavior in this
sphere, and stressed the truly democratic, inclusive and transparent nature of the
discussion within the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Developments in the Field
of ICTs in the Context of International Security. We supported the attainment of
substantial outcomes in both the OEWG and the UN Group of Governmental Experts
(UNGGE). We reaffirmed the conclusions of the UNGGE, in its 2013 and 2015 reports,
that international law, and in particular the Charter of the UN, is applicable and essential
to maintaining peace and stability and promoting an open, secure, stable, accessible and
peaceful ICT environment, that voluntary and non-binding norms, rules and principles of
responsible behavior of States in the use of ICTs can reduce risks to international peace,
security and stability, and that, given the unique attributes of ICTs, additional norms could
be developed over time.
Recalling the Initiative on Building ASEAN-China Partnership on Digital Economy, we
underscored the significance of digital economy to regional growth and development, and
reaffirmed commitment to fostering an open, secure, stable, accessible and peaceful ICT
environment. We recognized that data security bears on national security, public interests
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