A/71/172 The international community should encourage to build national capabilities in the area of cybersecurity. It is important to deepen bilateral and regional cooperation. A good example of regional efforts is the Central European Cyber Security Platform, comprised of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Austria. International exercises in the field of cybersecurity allow for better understanding of the nature of threats and means of responding to them. The Cyber Europe or North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Locked Shields exercises are a case in point. One should not underestimate the value of involvement in the international dialogue of stakeholders representing non-governmental organizations, business and academia. Portugal [Original: English] [31 May 2016] General Assembly resolution 70/237 on “Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security ” recalls the importance of science and technology in this context, recognizing that the developments in those areas can have civil and military applications. If the progress in the fields of information and telecommunications means the increasing of opportunities to the development of knowledge, the cooperation among States, the promotion of human creativity and the circulation of information in the community as a whole, on the other hand we find that those technologies and means can potentially be used in ways contrary to international stability and security, and may negatively affect the national integrity of States. Resolution 70/237 requires the contribution of the Member States in what concerns four areas, recalling the report of the 2015 Group of Governmental Experts: (a) General appreciation of the issues of information security; (b) Efforts taken at the national level to strengthen information security and to promote international cooperation in this field; (c) The content of the concepts aimed at strengthening the security of global information and telecommunications systems; (d) Possible measures that could be taken by the international community to strengthen information security at the global level. The report contained in document A/68/98 presents some recommendations regarding the following areas: recommendations on norms, rules, and principles of responsible behaviour by States; recommendations on confidence -building measures and the exchange of information; recommendations on capacity -building measures. Following those recommendations, Portugal presents the following comments. 16-12486 17/24