objectives. The CTO delivers training and capacity building, carries out research and consultancies and organises international events and conferences. Non-Commonwealth bodies 2.51 Amongst the non-Commonwealth organisations, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is the lead entity within the United Nations structure for drug control, crime prevention and criminal justice matters at the global level. It acts as the Secretariat to the United Nations Crime Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, held at fiveyear intervals, and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and is the guardian of a number of significant UN Conventions, including the Organized Crime Convention and the Convention against Corruption. The UNODC Global Programme on Cybercrime provides technical assistance to developing countries to prevent and combat cybercrime. This includes assistance in respect of international co-operation, capacity building, legislative reform, training programmes on investigative techniques and electronic evidence, cybercrime prevention activities and awareness raising, and enhanced national research and analysis on cybercrime. UNODC is based in Vienna and operates in more than 150 countries around the world through its network of field presences. 2.52 The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is also within the United Nations structures as the specialised agency for information and communication technologies. It is based on public-private partnership, and has a membership of 193 countries and over 700 private-sector entities and academic institutions. Its headquarters are in Geneva and it has 12 regional and area offices around the world. It has published Understanding Cybercrime: A Guide for Developing Countries and mention has already been made of the ITU-European Commission projects to assist Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa and Pacific states in developing cybercrime legislation. 2.53 Mention should also be made of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), unusual in being an open forum which has no formal membership. It was established by the World Summit on the Information Society in 2006. It has a UN mandate43 to serve as a neutral space for dialogue, a means of identifying issues to be addressed by the international community and of shaping decisions that will be taken in other forums. It has a small Secretariat in Geneva. 2.54 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a private sector, non-profit global organisation that co-ordinates the Internet’s identifier systems. It provides training to Domain Name System (DNS) operators in all geographic regions. 2.55 The International Cyber Security Protection Alliance (ICSPA) is a non-profit businessled coalition of national and multinational companies which recognises the need to provide additional resources and support to law enforcement officers around the world in the fight against cybercrime. Its Project 2020: Research Project on the Practical Implications of Cybercrime is an international consultation into the future of cybercrime seeking to anticipate developments in the field. 2.56 The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO-INTERPOL) has a cybercrime programme which includes a global list of contact officers available 24/7 for cybercrime investigations (the list contained 134 contacts at the end of 2012); the identification of emerging threats; and the provision of a secure web portal for accessing operational information and documents. 43 General Assembly Resolutions 60/252 of 27 March 2006 and 65/141 of 20 December 2010. 37