transformations’. A w ord that reflects progress, reform and d evelop m ent-ap p roach of the UN m ay be consid ered as right expressions. We w ou ld also like to propose to d elete the phrase ‘unite their strength’ in the last part of last sentence of the p aragrap h-1. It w ou ld read as ‘States resolved to unite themselves to ensure international peace and security’. Mr. Chair, 7. While som e of ou r prelim inary com m ents/ ed its/ proposals in the form of track-change-m od e on the zero d raft are attached for Chair’s consid eration, som e of ou r ed its are given below as w ell. 8. In paragraph-2, the first line read s as ‘Developm ent in inform ation and com m u nications technologies (ICTs) have im plications…..’. The w ord ‘have implications’ in the first sentence can be replaced w ith ‘impacts’ three pillars of UN ’…. We are also not clear abou t the u sage of expressions ‘global connectivity’ and ‘com m on good of hu m ankind ’; and hence requ est for d eletion. 9. In paragraph-3, the expression ‘digital’; w e are of the u nd erstand ing that the d raft m eant it ‘ICT environment’ or ‘ICT domain’. In Paragrap h-4, the expression ‘human-centric approach’ need s to be replaced w ith ‘peace and stability’ as these term s are com m only u nd erstood and u sed in the other UN d ocu m ents. 10. In p aragraph-5, a line read s as ‘the d issem ination and u se of ICTs affect the interests of the entire global com m u nity’. H ow exactly the ‘use and d issem ination’ affect the global com m u nity. This para d oes not fit w ell, hence m ay be d eleted . Sim ilarly, in the ninth p aragrap h, the phrase ‘inter-governm ental organizations’ and ‘technical com m u nity’ w ere u sed , w hich d onot convey any specific m eaning for u s. 11. The paragraph 15 again refers to ‘digital d om ain’ and w e u nd erstand that it refers to ICT/ Cyberspace and m ay need to be changed accord ingly for u niform ity in the d ocu m ent. At the sam e tim e, the paragraph is actu ally generic in expression and m oving it to the introd u ction chap ter of the d ocu m ent w ou ld m ake the d raft m ore stru ctu red and coherent. 12. In the paragraph 16, u nd er ‘Discu ssions’, it is im p ortant to incorporate the w ord ‘malicious use’ of the ICT cap abilities for m ilitary p u rpose. 13. We w ou ld like to propose an extension to the paragraph 24 that read s as ‘Du e to on-going covid pand em ic, new vu lnerable sections like Child ren w ho are the p otential entities of Cyber threats have em erged d u e to increased online d ep end ence, inclu d ing for ed u cation. States agreed that lack of integrity of su pply chains and u se of harm fu l hid d en fu nctions can affect entire ICT system s and potentially threaten the secu rity of a State.’