A/77/92 • Many national programmes and initiatives have been launched to raise community awareness, forestall cyberrisks, and reduce their impacts by issuing alerts about the latest and most dangerous cybervulnerabilities. • Cooperation is ongoing with national bodies and academies to build capacities and create a qualified pool of cybersecurity and information security personnel. II. Proposals • It is crucial to strengthen international cybersecurity cooperation to minimize cross-border criminal cyberactivities and prevent the commission of cybercrimes. We must also exchange expertise and modern technologies to prosecute all illegal uses of the Internet so as to enable States to confront them. Training courses should be held to develop the capabilities of secu rity agencies tasked with combating cybercrime. • Action should be taken to govern the circulation of cryptocurrencies so that they are not used to finance illegal activities. Consideration should also be given to the creation of a specialized cybercrime unit at the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) to facilitate the exchange of information among security agencies involved in combating such activities. Russian Federation [Original: Russian] [31 May 2022] The twenty-first century has been a time of breakthroughs in the field of information technology, which has conquered practically every aspect of our lives. Traditional government, public and business sectors are undergoing a complete transformation. New opportunities have emerged for growing the economy, creating jobs and improving the quality of life for all. Nonetheless, the new technologies have come with new challenges. The global digital space has become the frequent site of merciless information wars, computer attacks, including against critical information infrastructure, and unfair competition and misuse by private companies. Key threats include the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in military, political and other areas to undermine sovereignty, violate territorial integrity and interfere in the internal affairs of States; the dissemination of malware through open sources; and the use of ICT for terrorist, extremist or criminal purposes. These threats have fundamentally changed the world and put international security at heightened risk. Russia was among the first nations to call on the international community to join efforts in this new area. In 1998, at our initiative, the General Assembly adopted a resolution on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security. The resolution was a call for the broadest possible cooperation in combating common threats in the information sphere, first and foremost the attempts to use the latest information technologies to undermine international peace and stability. Our efforts have placed the topic of information security on the agenda of the General Assembly and have ensured that the resolution on international information security takes place every year. Russia was also behind the initiative, in 2004, to establish the Group of Governmental Experts, the first of its kind United Nations expert forum for discussing security aspects of ICT. Since then, there have been six Groups of Governmental Experts. The rapid developments in the information space have made it possible to take discussions to a whole new level. 22-08761 15/34