A/66/152 approach to international engagement. This includes, among other things, engaging with foreign Governments and organizations bilaterally and via multilateral forums to help promote international best practice, share lessons, build capacity and foster a coordinated global approach to combating cybersecurity threats. Australia’s involvement in the United Nations includes co-sponsoring resolutions on the creation of a global culture of cybersecurity and taking stock of national efforts to protect critical information infrastructures, and on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security. Australia has also responded to General Assembly resolution 64/211 by providing input on best practices for the protection of critical information infrastructure, including information and communications technologies, with a view to promoting global improvement in cybersecurity. Australia is a member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and contributes to study groups under the Standardization and Development sectors. Australia provides funding to the Development sector for capacity-building work in the Asia and Pacific region, including cybersecurity initiatives. Australia is an active contributor to and the previous Chair of the OECD Working Party on Information Security and Privacy, and currently a volunteer country for the Working Party’s comparative analysis of cybersecurity strategies. Australia was an integral leader in the development and implementation of the Seoul-Melbourne Anti-Spam Agreement on cooperation between Asia-Pacific nations in countering spam and the London Action Plan, which is the pre-eminent international enforcement and cooperation network for combating spam. Australia enjoys a collaborative relationship and is committed to working with its regional partners. We are closely engaged with other countries in our region in building capacity to achieve a trusted, resilient and secure cyberspace. Australia participates in activities of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Telecommunications and Information Working Group (APEC TEL) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum work on cybersecurity. Australia is the deputy convenor for the APEC TEL Security and Prosperity Steering Group. Australia is currently seeking to co-lead the cyberterrorism and transnational crime core area under the ASEAN Regional Forum workplan. At an operational level, the computer emergency response team maintains close working relationships with national computer emergency response team organizations around the globe. In Australia, the team actively participates in and facilitates trusted and timely information sharing on a global level, including threat and vulnerability information, to ensure the maintenance of situational awareness and a consistent and coordinated global response to online threats. The team actively contributes to capacity-building initiatives, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, including through its membership of the Asia-Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team. Recognizing that information security is not geographically limited, the team also works closely with other partners through its membership of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams and the International Watch and Warning Network. 11-41691 5