A/RES/58/199
Recognizing that effective protection requires communication and cooperation
nationally and internationally among all stakeholders and that national efforts
should be supported by effective, substantive international and regional cooperation
among stakeholders,
Recognizing also that gaps in access to and the use of information technologies
by States can diminish the effectiveness of cooperation in combating the criminal
misuse of information technology and in creating a global culture of cybersecurity,
and noting the need to facilitate the transfer of information technologies, in
particular to developing countries,
Recognizing further the importance of international cooperation for achieving
cybersecurity and the protection of critical information infrastructures through the
support of national efforts aimed at the enhancement of human capacity, increased
learning and employment opportunities, improved public services and better quality
of life by taking advantage of advanced, reliable and secure information and
communication technologies and networks and by promoting universal access,
Noting the work of relevant international and regional organizations on
enhancing the security of critical information infrastructures,
Recognizing that efforts to protect critical information infrastructures should
be undertaken with due regard for applicable national laws concerning privacy
protection and other relevant legislation,
Takes note of the elements set out in the annex to the present resolution
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for protecting critical information infrastructures;
2.
Invites all relevant international organizations, including relevant United
Nations bodies, to consider, as appropriate, inter alia, these elements for protecting
critical information infrastructures in any future work on cybersecurity or critical
infrastructure protection;
Invites Member States to consider, inter alia, these elements in
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developing their strategies for reducing risks to critical information infrastructures,
in accordance with national laws and regulations;
Invites Member States and all relevant international organizations to take,
4.
inter alia, these elements and the need for critical information infrastructure
protection into account in their preparations for the second phase of the World
Summit on the Information Society, to be held in Tunis from 16 to 18 November
2005;
Encourages Member States and relevant regional and international
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organizations that have developed strategies to deal with cybersecurity and the
protection of critical information infrastructures to share their best practices and
measures that could assist other Member States in their efforts to facilitate the
achievement of cybersecurity;
Stresses the necessity for enhanced efforts to close the digital divide, to
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achieve universal access to information and communication technologies and to
protect critical information infrastructures by facilitating the transfer of information
technology and capacity-building, in particular to developing countries, especially
the least developed countries, so that all States may benefit fully from information
and communication technologies for their socio-economic development.
78th plenary meeting
23 December 2003
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