Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Permanent Council
PC.DEC/1202
10 March 2016
Original: ENGLISH
1092nd Plenary Meeting
PC Journal No. 1092, Agenda item 1
DECISION No. 1202
OSCE CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES TO
REDUCE THE RISKS OF CONFLICT STEMMING FROM THE USE
OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
The OSCE participating States in Permanent Council Decision No. 1039
(26 April 2012) decided to step up individual and collective efforts to address security of and
in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in a comprehensive and
cross-dimensional manner in accordance with OSCE commitments and in co-operation with
relevant international organizations, hereinafter referred to as “security of and in the use of
ICTs.” They further decided to elaborate a set of draft confidence-building measures (CBMs)
to enhance interstate co-operation, transparency, predictability, and stability, and to reduce
the risks of misperception, escalation, and conflict that may stem from the use of ICTs.
The OSCE participating States, recalling the OSCE role as a regional arrangement
under Chapter VIII of the UN Charter, confirm that the CBMs being elaborated in the OSCE
complement UN efforts to promote CBMs in the field of security of and in the use of ICTs.
The efforts of the OSCE participating States in implementation of the OSCE
confidence-building measures in the field of security of and in the use of ICTs will be
consistent with: international law, including, inter alia, the UN Charter and the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; as well as the Helsinki Final Act; and their
responsibilities to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The following CBMs were first adopted through Permanent Council Decision
No. 1106 on 3 December 2013:
1.
Participating States will voluntarily provide their national views on various aspects of
national and transnational threats to and in the use of ICTs. The extent of such information
will be determined by the providing Parties.
2.
Participating States will voluntarily facilitate co-operation among the competent
national bodies and exchange of information in relation with security of and in the use of
ICTs.
3.
Participating States will on a voluntary basis and at the appropriate level hold
consultations in order to reduce the risks of misperception, and of possible emergence of
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