A/77/92
Azerbaijan
[Original: English]
[31 May 2022]
During recent years, several new legal acts have been adopted in Azerbaijan in
order to ensure information security. Besides that, concept of development, strategic
road map, national strategy and State programmes have been adopted, and
cooperation with various countries has been established by the decrees and orders of
the President of Azerbaijan.
Due to the need to consider the security of critical information infrastructure as
a priority, a normative legal act was adopted to strengthen security in this area.
Classification of these infrastructure facilities according to their importance an d
determination of general and special security requirements is taken into account
within the above-mentioned legal act, and it is envisaged that continuous control will
be carried out through the application of appropriate methods.
The Coordination Committee on İnformation Security was established in 2018,
pursuant to the order of the President of Azerbaijan.
In order to sustain the security of critical information infrastructure, the division
of powers between institutions has been determined in accor dance with the decree of
the President of Azerbaijan of 17 April of 2021.
In order to enhance human capital in this field, various training sessions were
organized by the Cyber Academy of the Ministry of Digital Development and
Transport, with national and international certificates provided.
Virtual seminars were held by international experts on the protection of personal
data, cybercrime and electronic evidence for the representatives of relevant State
bodies of Azerbaijan, within the framework of the CyberEast and Cybersecurity East
joint programmes of the European Union and the Council of Europe.
Representatives of several State bodies of Azerbaijan attended their first
certificated training on cybersecurity, within the framework of the grant program me
of the Korea International Cooperation Agency.
In addition to above-mentioned, consultations and cooperation initiatives with
the computer emergency response teams of various States have been carried out.
Azerbaijan ranks fortieth in the world and third (following the Russian
Federation and Kazakhstan) in the Commonwealth of Independent States in the
Global Cybersecurity Index 2020 of the International Telecommunication Union.
Due to the increase in the number of cyberthreats during the coronavirus d isease
(COVID-19) pandemic, as well as detected weaknesses of programme and technical
equipment, relevant notifications and messages on the methods of protection from
cyberthreats have been posted on www.cert.az and on social networks.
Cuba
[Original: Spanish]
[31 May 2022]
The misuse of information and telecommunications technologies remains a
matter of great concern to the international community, hence the need to address the
growing threats in that area.
We condemn the misuse of media platforms, including social media a nd radio
broadcasts, as a tool for interventionism through the promotion of hate speech,
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