A/74/120 international organizations such as ITU, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams. Also, Egypt participates in international and regional cybersecurity studies with professional organizations such as the Global System for Mobile Communications Association. Moreover, Egypt actively participates in regional efforts in African and Arab contexts to promote confidence-building and capacitybuilding transparency measures and the dissemination of best practices. Egypt has also engaged in bilateral consultations and negotiations with a number of States and international organizations and partners to conclude agreements on bilateral cooperation in this strategic domain. At the national level, and in the light of article (31) of the Egyptian Constitution, a Supreme Council for Critical Information Infrastructure Protection and Cybersecurity (namely, the Egyptian Supreme Cybersecurity Council), was established at the cabinet-of-ministries level late in 2014. The Council is chaired by the Minister of Communications and Information Technology and has members fro m the critical sectors as well as from key security agencies. At the operational level, the national Computer Emergency Readiness Team has become the Council’s technical arm. The Council developed Egypt’s first national cybersecurity strategy in 2017. The scope, structure and objectives of the strategy are in line with the national requirements and abide by the international norms, rules and principles. Likewise, the implementation of the strategy follows the same spirit. Conclusion Egypt reiterates the urgent need to intensify capacity -building and technical assistance for developing countries in the field of ICT security, especially taking into consideration that in many instances, the security of cyberspace may be only as strong as its weakest link. Moreover, the effective work of the Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security and the relevant outcome reports transmitted by the Secretary General to the General Assembly represent significant steps in the right direction . Chief among them is highlighting the central importance of the commitments of States to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and other principles of international law, including sovereign equality; the settlement of international disputes by peaceful means; refraining in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations; respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms; and non -intervention in the internal affairs of other States. The final aim is to achieve a reliable and secure informatio n and communications technology environment consistent with the need to preserve the free flow of information. In light of the severity of emerging cyberthreats, Egypt highly values and supports the recommendation in resolution 73/27 that establishes an open-ended working group, acting on a consensus basis, to continue, as a priority, to further develop the rules, norms and principles of responsible behaviour of States with a view to making the United Nations negotiation process on security in the use of informatio n and communication technologies more democratic, inclusive and transparent. Moreover, Egypt looks forward to joining and supporting the efforts of the openended working group to develop ways for the implementation of these rules, norms and confidence-building measures. 19-10580 15/39