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CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION SECURITY (Concept) PREAMBLE The States Parties to the Convention, noting the considerable progress in the development of information and communication technologies and means that make up the information space, expressing their concerns about threats connected with the possible uses of these technologies and means for purposes not compatible with measures to ensure international security and stability, both in the military and the civilian spheres, understanding the importance of international information securiy as one of the key elements in the system of internationl security, confident that the further growth of trust and the development of cooperation between the States Parties on issues of international information security are essential and beneficial to all parties, taking into consideration the important role that information security plays in ensuring basic human rights and freedoms, taking into account the 8 December 2010 resolution A/RES/65/41 of the General Assembly of the United Nations "Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security", striving to limit threats to international information security, ensure the information security of States Parties, and create an information space characterized by peace, cooperation, and harmony, desiring to create a legal and organizational basis for cooperation between the States Parties in the sphere of international information security, referring to the 20 November 2000 resolution A/RES/55/29 of the General Assembly of the United Nations "Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament", in which, in part, it is stated that achievements in science and technology can be put to both civilian and military use, and that it is necessary to support and stimulate the development of science and technology for use in civilian activities, acknowledging the necessity of preventing possible uses of information and communication technology for purposes not compatible with ensuring international stability and security, and capable of having a negative effect on the integrity of governmental infrastructures, causing damage to their security, stressing the necessity of increasing the coordination and strengthening the cooperation between States in the struggle against the criminal use of information technology and noting the role the United Nations and other international and regional organizations can play in that context, stressing the importance of the secure, uninterrupted, and stable functioning of the Internet and the necessity of protecting the Internet and other information and communication networks from possible harmful actions vulnerability to threats, affirming the necessity for a common understanding of Internet security issues and further cooperation on the national and international level, affirming again that political authority in connection with governmental policy issues related to the Internet is a sovereign right of States, and that the governments of States have rights and responsibilities as regards governmental policy issues related to the Internet on an international level, acknowledging that trust and security when using information and communication technologies is a fundamental basis of the information society, and that it is necessary to stimulate, form, develop, and actively integrate a stable global culture of cybersecurity, as is noted in the 21 December 2009 resolution A/RES/64/211 of the General Assembly of the United Nations "Creation of a global culture of cybersecurity and taking stock of national efforts to protect critical information infrastructures", noting the necessity of activating efforts to overcome the "digital divide" by increasing the ease of supply of information and communication technology to developing countries, and increasing their potential in relation to cutting-edge practices and professional training in the sphere of cybersecurity, as is noted in the 21 December 2009 resolution A/RES/64/211 of the General Assembly of the United Nations "Creation of a global culture of cybersecurity and taking stock of national efforts to protect critical information infrastructures", convinced of the necessity of prioritizing the creation of a common policy aimed at protecting society against illegal actions in the information space, which will include passing corresponding legislation and strengthening international cooperation, recognizing the serious changes caused by the spread of digital technology, unification, and continuing globalization of computer networks, concerned about the threat that computer networks may also be used to commit crimes, and that the proof of such crimes may be kept in these networks and passed on within them, acknowledging the necessity of cooperation between governments and private business in the fight against illegal activity in the information space and the necessity of protecting the legal interests of parties involved in the use and development of information and communication technology, believing that fighting illegal activity in the information space effectively requires international cooperation that is broader, more dynamic, and more efficient, convinced that this Convention is necessary in the fight against breeches of the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of computer systems and networks and computer 7/19/2017 4:45 PM