A/72/315 Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security. German experts have actively participated in those Groups and Germany is committed to promoting their recommendations. Now is the time to widen the debate and involve the wider United Nations membership, with a view to universalizing the work on ICT in the context of international security. Germany supports a lead role for the United Nations and a strengthening of United Nations capacities in this field. Issues to be explored further include international information-sharing and cooperation on attributing cyberattacks. Clear and universally respected rules should address the malicious use of cybercapabilities as well as online espionage for economic purposes; (b) At the regional level, confidence-building measures help to address the risk that ICT incidents may escalate into political or even military crises. At the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Germany has for years been active in defining and implementing confidence -building measures aimed at security in and of State use of ICT. During the German chairmanship -inoffice of OSCE in 2016, participating States agreed additional such measures. The 2016 OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg approved them and gave directions not only for their implementation, but also for further work to be undertaken. That needs to expand beyond politico-military aspects to multiple dimensions of security. Outside OSCE, Germany also supports similar efforts in regional organizations on other continents; (c) Bilaterally, Germany maintains cyberdialogues and conducts regular cyberconsultations with multiple partners. Building on established partnership relations, Germany also supports the cybersecurity capacity-building efforts of other nations. When updating its cybersecurity strategy in November 2016, the German Government decided to work towards establishing a German institute for international cybersecurity, with a view to systematizing and increasing those efforts. The efforts of Germany concerning information and telecommunications in the context of international security are part of intense work to promote ICT security overall. Recent national regulatory measures, such as the 2015 Information Technology Security Act and the 2016 overhaul of the natio nal cybersecurity strategy are aimed at improving overall ICT security in Germany. Greece [Original: English] [26 May 2017] Within the framework of the Council of Europe, Greece has ratified by virtue of Law 4411/2016 (Government Gazette A΄ 142, 3 August 2016) the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest, 23.11.2001) and the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime concerning the criminalization of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems (Str asbourg, 28 January 2003). It should be noted that a process for integrating the European Union directive on security of network and information systems into national law is already in place. This directive is of paramount importance for enhancing resili ence in the face of cyberattacks at the national level and sets a number of obligations for all European Union member States that are pertinent to this end and also includes the adoption of a national strategy on the security of network and information sys tems. According to information provided by the Hellenic Ministry of Defence, the cybersecurity vision of Greece is to develop the full range of capabilities to defend 17-13876 13/25