A/66/152 Heads of State and Government tasked the North Atlantic Council, in the Summit Declaration, “to develop, drawing notably on existing international structures and on the basis of a review of our current policy, a NATO in-depth cyberdefence policy by June 2011 and to prepare an action plan for its implementation”. As a first step to the new policy, NATO Defence Ministers adopted a concept on cyberdefence in March 2011. The concept focuses on the protection of NATO networks and national networks of member States that are connected to NATO networks or process NATO information (including the development of common principles and criteria to ensure a minimum level of cyberdefence in all member States). To reduce the global risks emanating from cyberspace, NATO intends to cooperate with partner nations, relevant international bodies such as the United Nations and the European Union, the private sector and academia. Germany welcomes NATO commitment regarding cybersecurity and actively supports the discussions. Cybersecurity in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has been discussing cybersecurity issues for several years. At the OSCE Summit held in 2010, in Astana, the Heads of State and Government of the 56 participating States of the OSCE underlined that ‘‘greater unity of purpose and action in facing emerging transnational threats” must be achieved. The Astana Commemorative Declaration mentioned cyberthreats as one of these emerging transnational threats. Germany actively participated in the OSCE conference on a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity: “Exploring the future OSCE role”, held on 9 and 10 May 2011, in Vienna. In the course of the conference, concrete recommendations for OSCE follow-up activities were discussed. Germany will continue to actively support OSCE discussions on exploring the future OSCE role in the field of cybersecurity. Greece [Original: English] [6 June 2011] Information security issues have been more extensively addressed than in the past. Counter-measures to the threats inherent in the current globalization of networks and systems are being considered. Measures to preserve the free flow of information are studied and applied in both the national and international contexts. Current international and multinational concepts are followed and studied. International guidance on risk assessment is needed. Cyberdefence should also be addressed. National sovereignty rights regarding information security in global information sharing should be maintained. 11-41691 11