o Para. 33: We fully agree that it´s crucial to promote capacity building on how international law applies in cyberspace, with the aim that all states can develop their own understandings on this matter, participate actively in discussions and contribute to building consensus within the international community. Section E “Confidence Building Measures”: o Argentina shares the view that the existence of this OEWG is a confidence building measure at a global scale. Section F “Capacity Building”: o Para. 55: It would be important to include a recognition of the efforts and important initiatives developed by regional organisations to promote capacity building, enhance consensus, strengthen confidence building measures, as well as the positive results of their work. o Para. 56: We strongly support the acknowledgement of the need for specific measures to address the digital gender gap and promote the meaningful participation of women in international discussions on cybersecurity and in capacity building programs on ICTs and international security. Section H “Conclusions and Recommendations”: o Para. c) on confidence building measures: We support the recommendation to establish a Global Registry of National Points of Contacts and believe that Ministries of Foreign Affairs should play an important role in it. o Para. d) on capacity building: ♣ It is proposed that the following principles be included in order to guide the capacity building efforts: inclusiveness; political neutral approach; evidence based, with adequate metrics to measure results; avoid duplication; work in cooperation with the private sector and civil society; promote ownership; promote learning processes for all the actors involved; be demand driven; be gender-sensitive. ♣ We believe that instead of creating a new mechanism for capacity building, the General Secretary could take into account all the existing platforms and mechanisms, such as the GFCE, in order to articulate them and facilitate the coherence among them. o Para e) on “regular institutional dialogue”: It would be appropriate to recommend that the 75° UNGA (not the 76° UNGA) extend the mandate of the OEWG, as the UNGA Res 73/27 that created the OEWG foresaw its work would conclude on July 2020. By the same token, at this point it seems premature to include a recommendation that the 76 UNGA creates a new GGE, since the current GGE has more than a year ahead to continue its work and its report is due to be presented during 76° UNGA.

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