Documents from the Open-ended Working Group on ICTs (2021-2025)

SEVENTH SUBSTANTIVE SESSION (4–8 March 2024)

Inputs to Secretariat Paper on POC Capacities (7 February 2024)
Secretariat briefing on the global intergovernmental points of contact directory (31 January 2024)
Provisional Programme of Work of the 7th session (29 January 2024)
Chair's letter (26 January 2024)
Chair's letter (10 January 2024)

SIXTH SUBSTANTIVE SESSION (11–15 December 2023)

Note verbale to states (8 January 2024)
Programme of Work (24 November 2023)
Chair's letter and provisional programme of work (22 November 2023)

FIFTH SUBSTANTIVE SESSION (24–28 July 2023)

Chair's letter (27 July)
Chair's letter (26 July)
Chair's letter (12 July)
Provisional programme of work (7 July)
Chair's letter (30 June)
Chair's letter and Provisional Programme of Work (30 June)
Chair's letter (13 June)
List of non-governmental entities (22 May)

2023 INTERSESSIONAL SESSION (23–26 May 2023)
(substantive inputs can be found below under "working papers and proposals from states")

Presentation by UN CTED
Presentation by UNOCT/UNCCT
Presentation by UNIDIR
Chair's letter (18 May)
Chair's letter (8 May)
Chair's letter (3 May)
Chair's letter (2 May)
Note verbale on civil society participation (24 April)
Chair's letter (6 April)

FOURTH SUBSTANTIVE SESSION (6–10 March 2023)

List of participants (16 March)
Revised Provisional Programme of Work (4 March)
Letter from the Chair (3 March)
List of non-governmental entities (2 March)
List of non-governmental entities (1 March)
Letter from the Chair (28 February)
Provisional Programme of Work (23 February)
Chair's letter (22 February)
Chair's letter about informal dialogue (20 February)
Chair's letter (26 January) - containing the Chair's non-paper on key elements for a Points of Contact directory
Chair's letter (15 January)
Aide-memoire on civil society participation

2022 INTERSESSIONAL SESSION
(substantive inputs can be found below under "working papers and proposals from states")

Presentation from UNODA on the Points of Contact directory
Presentation from UNIDIR on the Points of Contact directory
List of guiding questions (22 November 2022)
Provisional programme of work
Chair's letter (22 November)
Chair's letter to stakeholders (10 November)
Chair's letter (4 November 2022)
Chair's letter (7 October 2022)
Chair's letter (19 September 2022)
Chair's letter (30 August 2022)

THIRD SUBSTANTIVE SESSION (25-29 July 2022)

Annual progress report (A/77/275)
Compendium of statements in explanation of position on the adoption of the progress report of the open-ended working group as contained in A/77/275, annex
Chair's letter (28 July) - with additional amendments to the second revised draft of the progress report
Chair's letter (27 July) - containing a second revised draft of the progress report (Rev.2)
Chair's letter (20 July) - containing a revised draft of the progress report
Aide-memoire on civil society participation
Chair's letter (13 July)
Chair's letter (22 June) - containing the Zero Draft of the progress report, provisional programme of work, and guiding questions for stakeholders

SECOND SUBSTANTIVE SESSION (28 March - 1 April 2022)

Chair's letter (24 March)
Chair's letter (17 March)
Chair's letter (7 March)

FIRST SUBSTANTIVE SESSION (13-17 December 2021)

Chair's letter (15 December)
Chair's letter (13 December)
Chair's letter (15 November 2021)
Provisional programme of work (A/AC.292/2021/2)
Letter from states and non-governmental stakeholders re: participation modalities (9 December 2021)

WORKING PAPERS AND PROPOSALS FROM STATES

Presentation by India
Concept paper on establishing a permanent Open-Ended Working Group by Russian Federation
Working paper on Cyber Confidence-Building Measures in Action submitted by a group of States
Input to Mapping Exercise on Capacity-Building by Germany, United Kingdom, and Cambodia, Lebanon
Working paper on Global Cyber Security Cooperation Portal, submitted by India (25 July 2023) (version with track changes)
Working paper submitted by Australia, Colombia, El Salvador, Estonia, Uruguay on the applicability of international law, in particular the United Nations Charter, in the use of ICTs (24 July 2023)
Updated draft working paper on the establishment of a threat repository within the United Nations submitted by Kenya (21 July 2023)
Position paper on the application of international law in cyberspace by Costa Rica (21 July 2023)
Position paper on the application of international law in cyberspace by Ireland (7 July 2023)
Proposal by the Russian Federation (29 June 2023)
Working Paper on applicability of international law, in particular the UN Charter, in the use of ICTs: areas of convergence submitted by a Group of States (26 May 2023)
Submission by France (26 May 2023)
Working paper submitted by Iran (22 May 2023)
Working paper submitted by Kenya (22 May 2023)
Working paper by Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Fiji, Germany, Israel, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Mexico, The Netherlands, Singapore, Uruguay (27 April 2023)
Submission by Brazil on the future regular institutional dialogue on information and communication technology in the context of international security (
Concept papers on the Global Points of Contact (PoC) directory: China | Colombia | Czech Republic | El Salvador | Estonia | France | Germany | Italy | India | Iran | Mexico | Morocco | Pakistan | Republic of Korea | Russia | Senegal | Singapore | Slovakia | Spain | United Kingdom | Venezuela | Group
Confidence Building Measure No.1 on the establishment of a global intergovernmental PoC Directory proposal of the Russian Federation (10 March 2023)
Concept paper on establishing under the auspices of the UN a regular institutional dialogue for all UN Member States on security of and in the use of ICTs (10 March 2023)
Working Paper on Global Cyber Security Cooperation Portal submitted by India (8 March 2023)
Updated Concept of the Convention of the United Nations Ensuring International Information Security submitted by Russian Federation (7 March 2023)
Working paper on the scope, structure and content of the proposed Programme of Action to advance responsible state behaviour in the use of ICTs in the context of international security submitted by Egypt (3 March 2023)
Position on the Application of International Law in Cyberspace submitted by Pakistan (3 March 2023)
Updated concept paper from Canada and Switzerland, on a "Practical Approach to International Law" (November 2022)
Comments from Canada on the Zero Draft (July 2022)
Comments from Australia on the Zero Draft (July 2022)
Comments from Costa Rica on the Zero Draft (July 2022)
Comments from the United Kingdom on the Zero Draft (July 2022)
Comments from Switzerland on the Zero Draft (July 2022)
Comments from Chile on the Zero Draft (July 2022)
Comments from Netherlands on the Zero Draft (July 2022)
Comments from New Zealand on the Zero Draft (July 2022)
Working paper from a group of states, on "The Establishment of a UN Cyber Points of Contact Network" (July 2022)
Submission from Canada, on "Advancing a Global Cyber Programme of Action: Options and priorities" (July 2022)
Working paper from Canada and Switzerland, on "A Practical Approach to International Law in the 2021-2025 OEWG" (May 2022)
Concept note from Singapore, on "UN-Singapore Cyber Fellowship" (2022)
Working paper from a group of states, on how to "Advance the Ongoing Discussions within the UN OEWG on Confidence-Building Measures in Cyberspace" (2022)
Submission from a group on states and stakeholders, on "The Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model: Driving needs assessments and national strategies", submitted by a group of co-sponsors (2022)
Position paper from China, on data security (March 2022)
Position paper from Canada, on the OEWG II and gender mainstreaming (December 2021)
Position paper from China, on international rules-making in cyber space (December 2021)
Position paper from China, on sovereignty
Working paper from Egypt and France on behalf of the programme of action co-sponsors (December 2021)
Position paper from Estonia, on the OEWG II (December 2021)
Position paper from France, on international law Applied to operations in cyberspace (December 2021)
Position paper from Germany, on international law (December 2021)
Position paper from Iran (December 2021)
Position paper from Italy, on international law (December 2021)
Position paper from Russia, on rules, norms, and principles (March 2022)

WORKING PAPERS, STATEMENTS AND PROPOSALS FROM CIVIL SOCIETY, INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS, AND OTHER ACTORS

Position thesis for the 6th substantive session submitted by NAIIS (24 January 2024)
Input to Mapping Exercise on Capacity-Building by Alfa (25 January 2024)
Presentation by OSCE (14 December 2023)
Submission by Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (12 December 2023)
Submission by International Chamber of Commerce (8 December 2023)
Submission by Cyberspace (6 December 2023)
Submission by DiploFoundation, EPFL, Swisscom, UBS, Republic and State of Geneva and Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (5 December 2023)
Submission by the Emerging Research and Security Center, NYU/NYUAD (28 July 2023)
Submission by the Public Institution for Social Security (28 July 2023)
Joint civil society input to the revised zero draft of the second annual progress report of the OEWG 2021-2025 (24 July 2023)
Contribution to the fifth substantive session by CyberPeace Institute (24 July 2023)
Submission by multiple organisations on capacity building and stakeholder engagement (21 July 2023)
Submission by the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (21 July 2023)
Submission by FIRST (26 May 2023)
Submission by the Stimson Center (25 May 2023)
Submission by the CyberPeace Institute (24 May 2023)
Submission by DXC Technology Company (24 May 2023)
Paper by the ICRC (8 March 2023)
Paper by the ICRC (8 March 2023)
Paper by the ICRC (8 March 2023)
Paper by the ICRC (8 March 2023)
Submission by ITU (6 March 2023)
Submission by CyberPeace Institute (6 March 2023)
Submission by CyberPeace Institute (2 March 2023)
Submission from WILPF (December 2022)
Submission from CyberPeace Institute (December 2022)
Submission from GFCE (December 2022)
Submission from ICT4Peace (December 2022)
Statement from Access Now (March 2022)
Submission from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (March 2022)
Submission from Centre for Multilateral Affair (March 2022)
Submission from CyberPeace Institute (March 2022)
Submission from the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (March 2022)
Statement from Kaspersky (March 2022)
Statement from Microsoft (March 2022)
Statement from University of Aarhus (March 2022)
Statement from Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (March 2022)
Joint submission by Association for Progressive Communications, Global Partners Digital, Research ICT Africa, Centre for Internet and Society (March 2022)
Submission from ICT4Peace (January 2022)
Submission from Association for Progressive Communications (December 2021)
Submission from CyberPeace Institute (December 2021)
Submission from Cybersecurity Tech Accord (December 2021)
Submission from DiploFoundation (December 2021)
Submission from Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) (December 2021)
Issue brief and input from the International Chamber of Commerce (December 2021)
Submission from Global Partners Digital (December 2021)
Submission from Hitachi America Ltd. (December 2021)
Submission from Kaspersky (December 2021)
Submission from Microsoft (December 2021)
Submission from Women in Crisis Response (December 2021)
Submission from the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (December 2021)

ORGANISATIONAL SESSION (1-2 June 2021)

Note Verbale to Member States (5 May 2021)
Organisational Note (A/AC.292/2021/CRP.1)
Logistical note (A/AC.292/2021/CRP.2)
Provisional Agenda (A/AC.292/2021/1)
Concept paper of the Russian Federation