[Chapter-delegates] Cyber developments at the United Nations

[vinton cerf]

Thanks. Could be an opportunity to come to common ground. The UNGA text
reads favorably as I see it.

v


On Fri, Nov 30, 2018, 08:25 Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com wrote:

> Hi, everyone.
> A short note on the latest developments at the United Nations General
> Assembly, which we (ISOC, ISOC chapters) should follow closely in 2019.
> Attached here are the texts of the UNGA resolutions, as well as the initial
> draft (for information purposes only) of one of the cyber resolutions, and
> below is some explanation, which may be useful for the group:
>
> The points we have to pay special attention to (N1834213 file):
> “1.8. States should respond to appropriate requests for assistance by
> another State whose critical infrastructure is subject to malicious ICT
> acts. States should also respond to appropriate requests to mitigate
> malicious ICT activity aimed at the critical infrastructure of another
> State emanating from their territory, taking into account due regard for
> sovereignty.”
> and
> “5. Decides to convene, beginning in 2019, with a view to making the
> United Nations negotiation process on security in the use of information
> and communications technologies more democratic, inclusive and transparent,
> an open-ended working group (OEWG) acting on a consensus basis, to
> continue, as a priority, to further develop the rules, norms and principles
> of responsible behaviour of States listed in paragraph 1 above, and the
> ways for their implementation;“
>
> The OEWG will issue a study of existing and potential threats, and will
> submit a report to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in two years (in 2020).
> To produce the study, the OEWG might hold meetings with “interested
> parties, namely business, non-governmental organizations and academia, to
> share views on the issues within the group’s mandate”.
>
> The second cyber resolution (N1832770) establishes a GGE (Governmental
> Group of Experts) in 2019, with the intention to issue a report in 2021. It
> also requires the chair of the GGE to organize 2 two-day informal
> consultative meetings with all member states.
>
> The cybercrime resolution (N1835825) requests the UN SG to “seek the views
> of Member States on the challenges they face in countering” cybercrime, and
> “to present a report, based on those views” to the UNGA next year.
>
>
> One observation to keep in mind is that this year we see clearly that the
> UN continues to increase its engagement in the field of cybersecurity, and
> is now in a unique situation: to have two parallel tracks of discussions
> (which also coincides with the High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation
> <https://digitalcooperation.org> deliberations taking place as we speak).
> Let’s not forget that there are also the ECOSOC High Level Political
> Forum, and the Multistakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation
> (STI Forum), where there’s always the possibility of discussing
> cybersecurity and broader Internet topics. At the UNGA we have several
> different groups to follow: UNGA First Committee (cybersecurity), Second
> Committee (ICT for development), and Third Committee (cybercrime).
>
> I hope this note is helpful for the chapters' leaders and ISOC.
>
> best,
> veni
>
>
>
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