A/65/154 United Nations involvement includes membership of the Group of Governmental Experts. We co-sponsored the United Nations resolution on the creation of a global culture of cybersecurity and taking stock of national efforts to protect critical information infrastructures. We have membership of relevant International Telecommunication Union (ITU) bodies. We participate in activities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. With our full support and participation, the European Union (EU) has begun work on several initiatives on the protection of critical national infrastructure in the EU. We participated in the EU engagement with the ASEAN Regional Forum work on cybersecurity. Similarly we participate in a number of activities within NATO as part of protecting that organization’s networks. The United Kingdom has long been a leading nation within MERIDIAN (www.meridian2007.org), FIRST (Forum on Incident Response and Security Teams, www.first.org) and the EGC (European Government Certs Group, www.egc-group.org). 5. The United Kingdom National Cyber Security Strategy is available for download from the Cabinet Office web page at www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk. Possible measures that could be taken by the international community to strengthen information security at the global level 6. We encourage all nations to establish national computer emergency response teams. We encourage all nations to enact effective domestic legislation on cybercrime. We believe that whereas e-crime is not the only malicious activity in cyberspace, it is the most prevalent, and that a reduction of criminal activity will benefit all. We believe that the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime represents a suitable instrument for combating international e-crime. Additionally, we believe that the toolkit developed by the ITU and promoted in the United Nations provides a good basis for nations to perform a self-assessment of their readiness to cope with potential attacks on critical national infrastructure. We welcome efforts within many forums to promote information security best practice. Relevant international concepts 7. The primary international concept is that of international law. There is considerable debate, particularly at cyber conferences, about the applicability of existing international law to cyberspace. The United Kingdom has examined this issue, and our view is that the existing principles of international law, on both the use of force and the law of armed conflict, provide an appropriate framework within which to identify and analyse the use of cyberspace in the context of hostilities. 10-45842 15