... of cyberattacks and
imposed new restrictive measures
as early as April 2021, it has taken a more differentiated approach. In May,
amid the attack on
Colonial Pipeline
that sparked a regional fuel crisis on the U.S. East Coast, American officials suggested that the miscreants might be based in Russia, while stressing that they did not believe the Russian government was involved. President Biden informed on his contacts with Moscow about the incident, in effect offering to discuss cooperation on ...
... information security, especially given the fact that the United Nations hosted two competing platforms operating between 2019 and 2021, the Open‑Ended Working Group (the OEWG) established at Russia’s initiative and the Group of Governmental Experts (the GGE) led by the United States.
Oleg Shakirov:
Putin and Biden’s Cyber Summit
The joint draft resolution and a step towards an institutionalization of the dialogue came as a result of the agreements reached at the summit between President Vladimir Putin ...
...
I guess we were following the developments and trends in our field. However, there would be no platform to get involved in if states themselves had not initiated the negotiation processes in the UN within the OEWG (Open-ended Working Group) and the GGE (Group of Governmental Experts). Before, there was no institutionalized format for the private sector and civil society to take part in and contribute to.
Basically, the OEWG was created precisely to facilitate such engagement. Has it created momentum ...
... recent agreement through negotiations of the UN Open Ended Working Group is a positive step forward, in spite of the global trend towards escalating tensions, especially those between Russia, China and the U.S.
We have two negotiating platforms, the GGE and the OEWG. What do you think about such co-existence?
We appreciate the history and the genesis of these two parallel processes, however, I should say it is now time that we combined the two formats to create a single negotiating forum under the ...
... cyberspace was characterized as common property; its regulation was possible within the framework of international institutions and forums established over the years. Among the more prominent ones we list the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts (UNGGE) and the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Examples of NGOs' participation and think tanks are the Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS), the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, and the World Internet Conference.
Over time, however,...
... agenda of the UN and other international platforms.
In late 2018, truly important steps were taken to bolster international information security. In particular, the global community realized the need to re-launch the UN Group of Governmental Experts (UN GGE), the principal multilateral venue for information security talks, which in 2017 found itself at an impasse due to disagreements among its members. Now, though, there will be two groups…
A/RES/73/27 and A/RES/73/266
Maria Smekalova:
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