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actors on a common vision of the principles that should underpin the online
conduct of various actors.
• Universalizing the Convention on Cybercrime. Adopted in November 2001
to enhance international cooperation, the Convention has been ratified by 63
States to date, and has influenced the national legislation of more than two thirds
of United Nations Member States.
• Encouraging States to demonstrate transparency, especially with respect to
cybersecurity strategy, crisis management and cyberattack response doctrines
and the interpretation of the application of international law to cyberspace.
• Implementi ng, in the relevant regional or international framework s ,
confidence-buil ding measures specific to ICT issues .
• Strengthening initiatives and mechanisms for the exchange of good
practices and capacity-buil di ng. Such mechanisms should ensure that all
States have an effective cybersecurity system, by, inter alia:
– Developing a cybersecurity strategy;
– Developing a legislative framework to promote cybersecurity and combat
cybercrime;
– Creating a computer emergency response team;
– Establishing procedures for cooperation with the private sector,
particularly major digital technology firms;
– Developing a framework
cyberspace.
for protecting critical
infrastructure in
• Recognizing, at the international level, the accountability of private
systemic actors for security. That accountability extends to the design,
integration, use and maintenance of their digital products, processes and
services, throughout their life cycles and throughout the supply chain.
Greece
[Original: English]
[15 May 2019]
In December 2018, the General Assembly adopted a resolution on advancing
responsible State behaviour in cyberspace in the context of international security. The
resolution requests the Secretary-General to seek the views and assessments of
Member States on: (a) the efforts taken at a national level to strengthen informatio n
security and promote international cooperation in this field; and (b) the content of the
concepts mentioned in the reports of the Group of Governmental Experts.
Greece supports the consensus view of the Group of Governmental Experts that
international law, and in particular the Charter of the United Nations, are applicable
also in cyberspace and are essential for maintaining peace and stability and promoting
an open, secure, peaceful and accessible information and communications technology
(ICT) environment. Greece also supports the continuation of the process to discuss
norms for responsible State behaviour, confidence-building measures and
international law under the United Nations First Committee, and the establishment of
a new Group of Governmental Experts.
We recognize that the interconnected and complex nature of cyberspace requires
joint efforts by governments, the private sector, civil so ciety, the technical
community, users and academia to address the challenges faced and call on all
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