A/76/187 • Resources to support implementation. Implementation of the norms can and should be an element of any national cybersecurity strategy. In 2019, only 40 per cent of States had such a strategy. The United Kingdom continues to support a range of States in building their national cybercapacity. • Availability of best practice guidance on implementation. The United Kingdom believes the report of the Group of Governmental Experts will provide a detailed guide to the initial framework for responsible State behaviour in cyberspace that many States have asked for. The non-paper and the complementary paper referenced above also contribute to building best practice in this area. Confidence-building measures The United Kingdom considers that States should focus on operationalizing existing confidence-building measures rather than developing new ones. Regional organizations are important vehicles in the universalization and operationalization of the recommendations of the previous Groups of Governmental Experts, alongside the private sector, academia and civil society organizations. However, the operationalization of confidence-building measures remains limited, leaving a major gap in the potential efficacy of our framework. The United Kingdom actively participates in the OSCE Informal Working Group on Cyber Confidence-building Measures. We have adopted OSCE confidencebuilding measure 5 on capacity-building, undertaking to support its operationalization among OSCE States. In 2019 we hosted a cyber scenario-based discussion to practise implementation and understanding of the confidence-building measures among 40 member States. In 2020 and 2021, the United Kingdom has chaired the OSCE Security Committee, using its role to host two cyber-focused events. Capacity-building The United Kingdom is a major bilateral cybercapacity-building donor. We consider that the United Nations can use its convening power to raise the profile of cybersecurity capacity-building and encourage coordinated good practice. In order to maximize efficiency and effectiveness, it will be important to involve all stakeholders and avoid the duplication of existing work. The Global Forum on Cyber Expertise is already an effective coordination mechanism for capacity-building. Independent capacity review tools, best practice guides and organizations, like the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams in the cybersecurity incident response team community, are also important contributors to this objective. During the period 2019–2021, the United Kingdom was a sponsor of the Women in International Security and Cyberspace Fellowship. We are particularly proud to have contributed to the increased participation of women in the Open -ended Working Group through this programme. Regular institutional dialogue The United Kingdom is a sponsor of the proposal for a programme of action to facilitate inclusive regular institutional dialogue on responsible State behaviour in cyberspace at the United Nations. We support further work to elaborate and establish this proposal. 40/46 21-10045

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