4 ensure effectiveness of their efforts in this field, with the support and involvement of individuals and groups outside the public sector, such as civil society, as overall security of the entire information environment depends on the efforts of each State; Being convinced that information environment should be built in strict accordance with the universally acknowledged principles and norms of international law; Bearing in mind that each State has sovereignty and exercises jurisdiction with regard to information environment over its territory in accordance with its national law; Bearing also in mind the principles of fairness, responsibility and equality before the law and the need to foster a culture of rejection of ICT crimes; Have agreed as follows: CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. Purposes The purposes of this Convention shall be as follows: a) to promote and strengthen measures aimed at effectively preventing and combating crimes and other unlawful acts in the field of ICT; b) to prevent action directed against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of ICT as well as the misuse of ICT by providing for the punishability of such acts, as described in this Convention, and by providing powers sufficient for effectively combating such crimes and other unlawful acts, by facilitating their detection, investigation and prosecution at both the domestic and international levels and by developing arrangements for international cooperation; c) to improve the efficiency and develop international cooperation, including in the context of training and providing technical assistance in preventing and combating ICT crimes. Article 2. Scope of application