CHAPTER 3 Enhance International Cyber Cooperation Advance the development and implementation of voluntary, non-binding norms, which sit alongside international law Singapore International Cyber Week and the ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Cybersecurity UN CHARTER Strategy 2021 seeks to build on the progress made by the international community. We will advance the development of cyber norms and affirm the applicability of international law in cyberspace. We will also work with partners to implement these cyber norms. The 5th ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Cybersecurity (AMCC) in 2020 Advance international cyber norms discussions and the understanding of the application of international law in cyberspace Work with partners to implement cyber norms In 2018, ASEAN became the first regional organisation to subscribe in-principle The United Nations (UN) is an important platform to the 11 voluntary, non-binding norms that offers all countries an opportunity to engage of responsible State behaviour in in and develop rules, norms, principles, and cyberspace. As part of ASEAN’s next standards. Singapore has participated actively steps, Singapore is working with partners in international discussions at the UN, such as such as the UN Office of Disarmament the UN Group of Governmental Experts. At these Affairs (UNODA) and Malaysia to develop platforms, Singapore has affirmed that international a regional action plan to implement these law, in particular the Charter of the UN, applies norms. Under the UN-Singapore Cyber to cyberspace, and underscored the centrality Programme, we will also work with our of States’ adherence to the cyber normative and ASEAN and global partners to develop a stability framework. Going forward, Singapore Norms Implementation Checklist – akin to will actively seek to contribute and move these a set of actions that countries could take discussions forward. For example, Singapore will be to implement these norms. Recognising the need to forge deeper public-private partnerships, Singapore has facilitated multi-stakeholder dialogues on cybersecurity through hosting the annual Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW) since 2016. SICW brings together international and regional policy makers, industry partners, and academia to discuss cross-cutting cybersecurity issues. Singapore also hosts the ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Cybersecurity (AMCC), chaired by Singapore’s Minister-in-charge of Cybersecurity, on the side lines of SICW. The AMCC serves as a nonformal platform that brings together the ASEAN Secretary General and ASEAN Ministers of Telecommunications and/or Cybersecurity to discuss cybersecurity issues affecting our region and beyond. Singapore International Cyber Week’s Official Webpage chairing the Open-Ended Working Group on Security of and in the Use of ICTs (2021–2025). 35 The Singapore Cybersecurity Strategy 2021 36