WORKING PAPER SUBMITTED BY THE DELEGATION
OF CUBA TO THE OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP ON
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY (OEWG)
INTRODUCTION
Building a useful, beneficial, peaceful, safe, open and
cooperative cyberspace, which also contributes to
sustainable modernization and responsible action by States
in it, represents a priority for the international community. The
need to design and implement norms, rules and principles of
behavior that complement the principles of International Law
and the Charter of the United Nations, on sovereignty,
territorial integrity, non-interference in the internal affairs of
States and refraining from the use or threat of use of force,
becomes a priority.
The Groups of Governmental Experts established in the
years 2010, 2013 and 2015 have made very significant
contributions to promoting international cooperation through
confidence-building measures, transparency and capacitybuilding, while their reports have gradually increased the
visibility of this situation and incorporated elements that set
the way forward for cyberspace regulation. Today, several
world powers have signed bilateral cooperation agreements
in the area of cybersecurity, making it possible to advance in
the attainment of common objectives that promote
international peace.
It is necessary to reinforce the vital role of the United Nations
in the development of international legal norms for
information security and coordination among relevant
international organizations, as endorsed in the framework of