A/70/174 work by other international organizations and forums addressing issues such as criminal and terrorist use of ICTs, human rights and Internet governance. 34. The Group noted the importance of the consideration by the General Assembly of the convening of a new Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security in 2016 to continue to study, with a view to promoting common understandings on existing and potential threats in the sphere of information security and possible cooperative measures to address them, as well as how international law applies to the use of ICTs by States, including norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviour of States, confidence -building measures and capacity-building. 35. The Group acknowledges the valuable efforts in ICT security made by international organizations and regional groups. Work among States on security in the use of ICTs should take these efforts into account, and Member States should, when appropriate, encourage the establishment of new bilateral, regional and multilateral platforms for dialogue, consultation and capacity -building. 36. The Group recommends that Member States give active consideration to the recommendations contained in the present report on how to help to build an open, secure, stable, accessible and peaceful ICT environment and assess how they might be taken up for further development and implementation. 14/17 15-12404