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needs of ARF Participating Countries. The Meeting noted that more time
is necessary for further assessment. There has yet any expressed
interest from non-ASEAN ARF Participants to Co-Chair this activity. The
Concept Paper of CBM#5 appears as ANNEX 8.
9.
On a query regarding the application of the term ‘confidence-building
measures’ or CBMs in the ARF, the ASEAN Secretariat informed the Meeting that as
stipulated in the Concept Paper of the ARF adopted by the Ministers in 1994, CBMs
are identified as the first of the three stages in the evolutionary process envisioned
for the ARF, followed in turn by preventive diplomacy and conflict-resolution. To
move forward with these proposals, the ASEAN Secretariat also clarified the
decision-making processes and procedures of the ARF, in which the outcome of
discussion of the 1st ISM on ICTs Security would be further tabled at the upcoming
ARF Inter-Sessional Support Group on Confidence-Building Measures and
Preventive Diplomacy (ISG on CBMs and PD) scheduled to be held in Auckland,
New Zealand on 8-9 May 2018, before being reported to the ARF Senior Officials’
Meeting (SOM) on 7 June 2018 and subsequently to the 25th ARF in August 2018.
1.3. Priority Areas for ARF ISM on ICTs Security
10.
The Meeting took note of the sixteen proposed activities (eleven derived from
the ARF Workplan on ICTs Security as well as new additional five) which have been
mapped into five priority areas, namely; (i) Establishment of Coordination
Mechanism within the ARF; (ii) Awareness Building and Exchange of Best Practices;
(iii) Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)-CERT Cooperation Frameworks;
(iv) Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Frameworks and Mechanisms; and
(v) Combating Criminal and Terrorist Use of ICTs. The meeting noted on the need
for further discussion to determine either to have priority areas for the ARF ISM on
ICTs Security, or to just maintain the list of CBM activities as per the ARF Work Plan
without mapping it. The Proposal appears as ANNEX 9.
1.4. Any other Matters
11.
No other matters were discussed during the Meeting.
Co-Chairs’ Summary Report of the 1st ARF ISM on ICTs Security
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-26 April 2018
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