In the same vein, we believe that existing International Law and
the UN Charter in its entirety (para 37) are applicable to
cyberspace. Greater substance could also be introduced in para 38
on peaceful settlement of disputes mechanisms, along the lines
mentioned by the EU.
As both the German and Japanese colleagues have mentioned in
their interventions, the distinction and order of appearance
between International Law in Section C and the Rules, Norms and
Principles in Section D of the Report do reflect the substance of
the relationship between the two, and should not be altered as
others instead suggested last week. In this spirit, we also second
the interventions of those who pleaded for clearly signaling the
difference of the status of the 11 norms set out in the 2015 GGE
Report which was adopted by consensus, with respect to other
norms that don’t enjoy the same status.
We join all those delegations who have mentioned the
opportunity of including a clear reference to the National
voluntary survey on implementation of UNGA resolution 70/237
and to make such a proposal as practical as possible, as Mexico
mentioned, its template could be annexed to our Report as a
concrete deliverable.
On art.79, we second the remark made by Argentinian colleagues
to go beyond the donor-recipient dynamic and mechanisms for
capacity building, as well as making reference to the Busan
principles of inclusivity and shared responsibility as mentioned
by The Netherlands. We believe that in the capacity building and
CBM sections there are indeed several points of convergence
with positions expressed by NAM colleagues that could be taken
into account.
On the Regular Institutional Dialogue section, we hear the
expectations of many on the possibility that the report notes the
new OEWG, whose establishment was voted upon last year.
We have also heard the suggestion from our Australian colleague
to accommodate Iranian concerns on the PoA by clarifying para