A/65/154 cyberthreats bear no relation to national borders, it is vital that international cooperation in the fight against cyberthreats be expanded. 12. With a view to implementing the decisions of the World Summit on the Information Society (first phase held in Geneva from 10 to 12 December 2003; second phase held in Tunis from 16 to 18 November 2005), Ukraine adopted an Act on basic principles for the development of the information society in Ukraine for 2007-2015. Its fundamental priorities are integration into the global information environment and development of the information society. The Act is intended to enable the latest information and communication technologies to be used in an atmosphere of better security. 13. In addition, a plan for the development of telecommunications in Ukraine has been drawn up and adopted. It provides for logistical and technical efforts to ensure the secure operation of all components of Ukraine’s telecommunications infrastructure, including: • establishing and introducing gradually a normative and legal basis to protect information, through technical means and encryption, ensuring harmonization with European and global standards; • developing up-to-date information protection methods using technology to address comprehensively the task of protecting information in telecommunication networks; • establishing systems to legally intercept information in telecommunication networks in the instances provided for by the law; • establishing a State coordination centre for security in public information and telecommunication networks and helping to establish State and non-governmental centres to react and respond to incidents on those networks. 14. The normative and legal basis for information protection in Ukraine also includes Acts on the fundamental principles of national security; on information; on information protection and information and telecommunication systems; issuances of the President and Cabinet of Ministers on the technical protection of information in Ukraine; rules for the protection of information and telecommunication systems and networks and procedures for connection to global data-transmission networks. It also includes a large number of normative acts registered with the Ministry of Justice and having as their purpose to regulate connection of information systems to global data-transmission networks, licensing of particular types of activity and procedures for assessing information protection. 15. Normative and legal acts provide that the requisite protection of information should be achieved using only protected information and communication technology systems, in other words, those incorporating a comprehensive information protection system as a single body of legal and logistical measures, software and hardware, intended to counter threats. The comprehensive system, and its information-protection components, must be certified as compliant with information-protection standards. 16. In order to regulate the requirements for comprehensive information protection systems and their components, Ukraine has developed and introduced some 50 technical standards laying down criteria for the assessment of information protection, the classification of information and communication technology, 12 10-45842