• We welcome a focus on digital divides. Actions to bridge the digital divides, including the gender digital divide, and to enhance the use of information and communications technologies, in order to ensure everyone’s full enjoyment of their human rights and sustainable development, could be even further elaborated and included. • The established consensus following the 2010, 2013 and 2015 GGE reports, including application of international law in its entirety (including human rights and IHL), could be even further emphasized as the core premise for discussions and conclusions. • We acknowledge and support the aim to reflect different views expressed during discussions. However, we believe that language and wording reflecting either consensus, or majority views, or minority positions, could be made more exact and stringent. It needs to be made clear if some proposals lack support from the majority. Existing and potential threats • The threat section summarizes the potential risks and security impacts of new technologies and digital connectivity. However, we believe that reduction or disruption of connectivity itself deserves attention as well. The ongoing tendencies towards regionalization and fragmentation of cyberspace ultimately threatens to harm global development. This could be further highlighted, also in the threat section of the report. • We believe that the use of technologies rather than ICT’s themselves should be the focus of the report. The report should emphasize upholding and adhering to international law and voluntary norms, rules and principles while using and applying technologies, regardless of context or application (eg. civil or military). We underline that measures to promote responsible state behaviour in cyberspace should remain technology neutral. International law • Existing international law, including the UN Charter, international humanitarian law and human rights law, provides an established and 2 (4)