The ESCWA Cyber Legislation Digest 5.14 2012 (December): Seminar on Legal and Regulatory Framework Cyber Legislation Under the patronage of the Lebanese Minister of Telecommunications, ESCWA organized a Seminar on Legal and Regulatory Requirements for a Sustainable Knowledge Society in the Arab Region at the UN House in Beirut on 19 and 20 December 201217. The seminar was attended by 47 participants from 14 Arab countries representing governments, particularly ministries of justice and ICT, academic institutions, the private sector and civil society. The seminar was also attended by participants representing the League of Arab States (LAS) and UN organizations. The seminar’s sessions addressed the accomplishments of ESCWA’s project and its main outputs, notably the ESCWA Cyber Legislation Directives. It also discussed the “Regional Framework for the Application of the ESCWA Cyber Legislation Directives in the Arab Region” and agreed on its recommendations. The presentations also featured experiences of some member countries with the advisory services offered by ESCWA in the application of the Directives at the national level. The seminar also discussed a proposed regional framework for the application of the Directives in the Arab region. The seminar also included presentations via video conference by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in addition to a presentation by the International Telecommunication Union’s consultant who gave a lecture on the requirements for combating cybercrime and ITU’s activities in this regard. The last session of the seminar summarized the challenges of the legal and regulatory framework of the knowledge society in the Arab region and identifies the main areas that require development. 17 http://www.escwa.un.org/information/meetingdetails.asp?referenceNum=2002E 43