G7 Principles and Actions on Cyber
Cyberspace we seek
We affirm that the openness, interoperability, reliability, and security of the Internet have
been and remain key to its development and success and that it also enhances the
common values of G7, such as freedom, democracy and human rights.
We reaffirm that the free flow of information is a fundamental principle to promote the global
economy and development, and ensures a fair and equal access to the cyberspace for all
actors of digital economy.
We reaffirm the importance of respecting and promoting privacy, data protection and cyber
security.
We emphasize our commitment to a multi-stakeholder approach to Internet governance.
We enjoy the same human rights online as well as offline, we dedicate ourselves to
promoting and protecting human rights and principles of rule of law online.
We emphasize the role of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in
addressing global challenges and achieving progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development.
Promoting security and stability in cyberspace
We pledge to take decisive and robust measures in close cooperation against malicious use
of cyberspace both by states and non-state actors, including terrorists.
Security and resilience in cyberspace can only be fully achieved by close cooperation and
collaboration, both nationally and internationally, of the various actors responsible for cyber
security, cyber defense and fighting cybercrime, including businesses, research and
societies as a whole.
We are concerned about growing uses of cyberspace for terrorist purposes such as
recruitment, financing, training, operations, and incitement to violence.
We affirm that international law, including the United Nations Charter, is applicable in
cyberspace.
We affirm that under some circumstances, cyber activities could amount to the use of force
or an armed attack within the meaning of the United Nations Charter and customary
international law. We also recognize that states may exercise their inherent right of
individual or collective self-defense as recognized in Article 51 of the United Nations
Charter and in accordance with international law, including international humanitarian law,
in response to an armed attack through cyberspace.
We commit to promote a strategic framework of international cyber stability consisting of the
applicability of existing international law to state behavior in cyberspace, the promotion of
voluntary norms of responsible state behavior during peacetime, and the development and
the implementation of practical cyber confidence building measures between states. In this
context, we welcome the report of the UN Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) in 2015
and call upon all states to be guided by the assessments and recommendations of the
report.
We look forward to the work of the new GGE, including further discussions on how existing
international law applies to cyberspace and the continued identification and promotion of
voluntary norms of responsible state behavior in cyberspace.
We support the continued development and implementation of cyber confidence building
measures between states to promote trust and reduce the risk of conflict stemming from the
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