A/69/112/Add.1 Cybersecurity is a strategic priority for Spain. Consequently, and in line with the Cybersecurity Strategy of its European Union partners, Spain has adopted a National Cybersecurity Strategy (5 December 2013) which reflects a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity and establishes an interministerial coordination system, the National Cybersecurity Council, to respond to crisis situations. The Strategy also provides for international cooperation measures and the involvement of agencies and businesses, especially strategic ones. Among its key components are educational and awareness-raising activities geared towards increasing civil society’s knowledge of cybersecurity issues. Spain considers that the United Nations has a very important role to play in building international consensus in this area and supports the holding of institutional dialogue within the framework of the United Nations in order to guarantee peaceful and secure use of information technologies. Spain similarly supports the recommendations of the 2013 report of the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts. In the light of this objective, Spain organized a meeting on cybersecurity, at the permanent representative level, in Madrid on 21 March 2014. Spain also participates in the Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security, and is actively involved in various international cybersecurity initiatives in forums such as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United Nations Human Rights Council and the Meridian Conferences on Critical Information Infrastructure Protection. Furthermore, Spain is a State party to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime. Spain considers that the international community should adopt measures in four areas of activity in order to strengthen global information security: (1) Confidence-building measures: information and best practices; including transparency, exchanges of (2) International law: the international community and especially the United Nations should continue to consider how the principles and norms of international law should be interpreted and applied in cyberspace; (3) International cooperation: improved communication channels in the event of incidents, and enhanced and more flexible mechanisms for police and judicial cooperation; (4) Capacity-building: in countries where capacity-building is needed, it should be provided both bilaterally and within the framework of international organizations. The full text of the submission by Spain can be found at http://www.un.org/ disarmament/topics/informationsecurity/. 14-61130 5/6