A/65/201 Letter of transmittal 16 July 2010 I have the honour to submit herewith the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security. The Group was established in 2009 pursuant to paragraph 4 of General Assembly resolution 60/45. As Chair of the Group, I am pleased to inform you that consensus was reached on the report. In that resolution, entitled “Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security”, the General Assembly requested that a group of governmental experts be established in 2009, on the basis of equitable geographical distribution, to continue to study existing and potential threats in the sphere of information security and possible cooperative measures to address them, as well as concepts aimed at strengthening the security of global information and telecommunications systems. The Secretary-General was requested to submit a report on the results of that study to the General Assembly at its sixtyfifth session. In accordance with the terms of the resolution, experts were appointed from 15 States: Belarus, Brazil, China, Estonia, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, South Africa, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. The list of experts is contained in the annex. The Group of Governmental Experts met in four sessions: the first from 24 to 26 November 2009 in Geneva; the second from 11 to 15 January 2010 at United Nations Headquarters; the third from 21 to 25 June 2010 in Geneva; and the fourth from 12 to 16 July at United Nations Headquarters. The Group had a comprehensive, in-depth exchange of views on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security. Furthermore, the Group took into account the views expressed in the replies received from Member States in response to General Assembly resolutions 60/45, 61/54, 62/17 and 63/37, respectively entitled “Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security”, as well as contributions and background papers made available by individual members of the Group. The Group wishes to express its appreciation for the contribution of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, which served as consultant to the Group and which was represented by James Lewis and Kerstin Vignard. The Group also wishes to express its appreciation to Ewen Buchanan, Information Officer of the Information and Outreach Branch of the Office for Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat, who served as Secretary of the Group, and to other Secretariat officials who assisted the Group. (Signed) Andrey V. Krutskikh Chairman of the Group 10-46957 5