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V. A. Nebenzia

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  1. “We must maintain the constructive atmosphere of multilateral cooperation in international information security under the auspices of the United Nations in the format of the Open-ended Working Group, which has really proved its effectiveness and relevance. This will give the new Open-ended Working Group a real chance of achieving tangible, practical results. It is our common duty as members of the United Nations Security Council to contribute fully to this effort.”

    2021-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/621 (2021) · source

  2. “United Nations-led efforts to build such capacity with the aim of bridging the digital divide should be strongly supported. We trust that the new Open-ended Working Group, in accordance with its mandate, will be able to continue to examine this issue in detail and make relevant recommendations. In addition, we must collectively counter the use of ICT for criminal purposes. We call upon Member States to contribute constructively to the work of the designated special committee tasked with elaborating a draft convention on the issue by 2023. The General Assembly remains the key forum for discussing international information security. It is in this forum that expert discussions on all aspects of this topic will take place over the next five years. Let us focus on supporting this unique process.”

    2021-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/621 (2021) · source

  3. “To achieve this goal, joint efforts must be made to develop and agree upon universal, fair and comprehensive rules for the conduct of States in the information space that take into account current realities; to clearly differentiate between permissible and impermissible activities in the information space; and to make these rules legally binding to ensure that all States strictly observe them. At the same time, we uphold the inviolability of the sovereignty of States in the digital sphere. It is up to each country to determine the parameters for regulating its own information space and related infrastructure. An equally important task is to build a peaceful, equitable and fair system for ensuring international information security that takes into account the interests of all countries, regardless of their digital potential.”

    2021-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/621 (2021) · source

  4. “Putin, at the meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on 26 March 2021, Russian doctrinal approaches to the development of a global system for ensuring international information security remain open, transparent and unchanged. They are enshrined in the Basic Principles of State Policy on International Information Security, approved by the President in April 2021. This is a public document, and I encourage everyone to read it. Our doctrine is based on the premise of using ICT only for peaceful purposes, the need to prevent conflicts in the information space and the importance of strengthening multilateral and bilateral cooperation to that end. We believe that universal international legal agreements should be concluded in order to address those tasks effectively.”

    2021-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/621 (2021) · source

  5. “The initial list of such rules was enshrined in the resolution concerning international information security adopted by the General Assembly in 2018 at the initiative of the Russian Federation. It is unfortunate that our Western colleagues are now attempting to pick out from this list the provisions that are of the greatest benefit to them, while incorrectly interpreting the applicability of international law in the digital sphere as being “automatic”, which would permit the use of force therein, and to present their national views as though they were the product of global consensus. We will therefore oppose any attempts to revise, through the United Nations Security Council, the balanced agreements reached within the designated General Assembly forums. As stated by the President of the Russian Federation, V. V.”

    2021-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/621 (2021) · source

  6. “This as an attempt to use their position of strength to impose their own “rules of play” in the information sphere. I wish to emphasize that, while the digital sphere is not unregulated, the debate as to how exactly international law can be applied to it is far from over. These issues will be discussed for at least another five years within the designated General Assembly forum – the new Open-ended Working Group. In this regard, the final reports of the Group of Governmental Experts and the Open-ended Working Group represent a fine-tuned, balanced set of agreements, including on the need to develop new norms for the responsible conduct of States in the information space, taking into account its particularities.”

    2021-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/621 (2021) · source

  7. “We consider such attempts to be destructive. They are driving the international community towards unpredictable and undesirable confrontations. Specifically, some countries are seeking, by distorting agreements, including on the international legal aspects of the use of information and communications technology (ICT), to justify unilateral pressure and sanctions against other Member States and the possible use of force against them. It is of grave concern that several technologically advanced States are actively pursuing the militarization of the information space by promoting the concept of “preventive military cyberstrikes”, including against critical infrastructure. These confrontational doctrines contradict the commitment declared by them, including today, to preventing conflict arising from the use of ICT.”

    2021-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/621 (2021) · source

  8. “Effective multilateral diplomacy in the area of international information security at the United Nations, complementing bilateral cooperation between States on this topic, is an excellent example of how these issues should be addressed with a view to overcoming mutual mistrust and allaying concerns. This stands in contrast to the notorious “megaphone diplomacy” to which, unfortunately, some of our partners sometimes resort. At the same time, we are unfortunately witnessing a dangerous trend of the United Nations Security Council attempting to impose unilateral interpretations of agreements reached within the Group of Governmental Experts and the Open-ended Working Group, effectively calling for the outcomes of the discussions in those designated General Assembly forums to be supported or, worse, revised.”

    2021-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/621 (2021) · source

  9. “If we are all equal in the face of threats to international information security, such threats should be discussed not by a narrow circle of technologically advanced States, but by all States Members of the United Nations. States that consider themselves to be more “advanced” should not impose their will. Our proposals for the establishment of the Group of Governmental Experts and, later, the Open-ended Working Group were not to everyone’s liking at first. Several States, including States participating in today’s meeting, voted against their establishment. However, gradually they began to join the conversation, eventually becoming active and constructive participants.”

    2021-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/621 (2021) · source

  10. “In the early 2000s, we proposed the establishment of the Group of Governmental Experts to serve as an expert forum for the discussion of international information security. In 2019, when it became clear that this topic had outgrown the narrow focus of the Group, we, together with like-minded delegations, responded to the needs of the international community by launching the open and democratic negotiation process on international information security with the participation of all Member States in the format of the Open-ended Working Group. This was a very important milestone. For the first time, discussions relating to digital security were open to the majority of States Members of the United Nations. Our rationale is very straightforward: we believe in equitable and mutually respectful dialogue.”

    2021-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/621 (2021) · source

  11. “These outcomes clearly showed that the international community is able to agree on key issues when dialogue is pragmatic, depoliticized and constructive. Thanks to these efforts, we are now entering an important new phase, which began in June 2021 with the organizational session of the new Open - ended Working Group for 2021–2025. This outcome is a shared achievement of the international community. For our part, we have been striving for decades to contribute to the establishment of a global system for ensuring international information security. In 1998, Russia raised, for the first time at the United Nations, the need to address threats to international information security and proposed a General Assembly resolution to that effect.”

    2021-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/621 (2021) · source

  12. “The year following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic was a major ordeal for the whole world, remembered above all as a year of challenges and losses. Many diplomatic efforts have suffered, and negotiations have stalled on many fronts. The multilateral discussions on international information security at the United Nations stand out in this regard, as they not only maintained momentum, but also brought about, dare I say, historic results. Both of the designated United Nations General Assembly expert forums – the Group of Governmental Experts and the Open- ended Working Group – were able to adopt their final reports by consensus. The negotiations in these groups were not easy, which made the hard-won outcomes all the more precious.”

    2021-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/621 (2021) · source