capacity-building efforts, including between relevant organizations and the United Nations, should be further facilitated. 67. States continue to consider capacity-building at the multilateral level, including exchange of views, information and good practice. Regular Institutional Dialogue 68. The OEWG established by General Assembly resolution 73/27 offered, for the first time under the auspices of the United Nations, a dedicated platform for dialogue among all States on developments in ICTs in the context of international security. 69. In addition to its objective to seek common understandings among all States, the OEWG has fostered diplomatic networks and encouraged trust among participants. The broad engagement of non-governmental stakeholders has demonstrated that a wider community of actors is ready to leverage its expertise to support States in their objective to ensure an open, secure, stable, accessible and peaceful ICT environment. The OEWG discussions were an affirmation of the importance of recurrent and structured discussions under UN auspices on the use of ICTs. 70. States concluded that regular dialogue under UN auspices supports the shared objectives of strengthening international peace, stability and prevention of conflicts in the ICT environment. They also concluded that in light of increasing dependency on ICTs and the scope of threats emanating from their malicious use, there was an urgent need to continue to enhance common understandings, build confidence and intensify international cooperation. 71. As States hold primary responsibility for national security, public safety and the rule of law, States affirmed the importance of regular intergovernmental dialogue and of identifying appropriate mechanisms for engagement with other stakeholder groups in future processes. 72. Consideration of developments in ICTs and international security at the United Nations focuses on its international peace, stability and conflict prevention dimensions. States concluded that future regular institutional dialogue should not duplicate existing UN mandates, efforts and activities focusing on the digital dimensions of other issues. 7 States concluded that greater exchange between these forums and First Committee-established processes could help to reinforce synergies and improve coherence, while respecting the expert nature or specialized mandate of each body. 73. States concluded that future dialogue on international cooperation on ICTs in the context of international security should, inter alia, raise awareness, build trust and confidence, and encourage further study and discussion on areas where no common understanding has yet emerged. States recognized the utility of exploring mechanisms dedicated to following-up on the implementation of the agreed norms and rules as well as the development of further ones. 74. States concluded that any future mechanism for regular institutional dialogue under the auspices of the United Nations should be an action-oriented process with specific objectives, building on previous outcomes, and be inclusive, transparent, consensus driven, and resultsbased. The OEWG recommends that 75. States continue to actively participate in regular institutional dialogue under the auspices of the United Nations. See background paper issued by the Chair of the OEWG, “An Initial Overview of UN System Actors, Processes and Activities on ICT-related issues of Interest to the OEWG, By Theme”, December 2019, https://unoda-web.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/backgroundpaper-on-existing-un-bodies-processes-related-to-mandate.pdf. 10 7