A/72/315 (f) Jordan has enacted the following cybersecurity legislation: 1. A law on cybercrimes has been enacted; 2. A law on electronic transactions has been enacted; 3. A national cybersecurity and protection strategy has been drafted; 4. National cybersecurity and protection policies have been drafted; 5. A national cybersecurity and protection strategy was approved by the Cabinet in 2012. We propose the following global measures: (a) Communications networks and information should be classified by importance; (b) Cybersecurity and protection measures should be implemented; (c) The need-to-know principle should be applied; (d) Technical measures such as encryption and frequency-hopping should be employed; (e) Users and network access permissions should be verified and categorized; (f) Networks should be linked by stand-alone peripheral devices; (g) Within certain networks, closed intranets should be used, and the World Wide Web should be avoided where possible; (h) The United Nations intranet should be enhanced and kept separate from public networks. It should be protected through technical and security measures such as encryption, safeguards and verification of access permissions; (i) Cooperation should be promoted among computer emergency response teams to follow-up breaches, install safeguards and address gaps; (j) Security measures and procedures for addressing breaches should be circulated. We should like to stress that information and communications t echnology has the potential to advance sustainable development, especially in poorer and more remote areas, in the following ways: (a) It can accelerate poverty eradication, for example, through mobile banking, which has brought direct and tangible benefits to millions of people around the world who have no banking experience; (b) Modern technology and new communications media can mitigate the impact of famines by providing crucial information to farmers about which crops to cultivate. Recommendations: (a) International response and recovery teams should be formed to address cybersecurity incidents, crises and disasters; (b) A Jordanian representative should be included in the Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security formed in 2003. (c) Scientific and research cooperation and training exchanges among the members of the Security Council should be increased. 17-13876 17/25