On 13 September 2019 the first round of negotiations at the UN on Cybersecurity under the UN Open Ended Working Group on Cybersecurity (OEWG) took off in a positive spirit with general introductory statements by UN member states. The list of statements can be found here. The negotiations are chaired by Swiss Ambassador to the UN Jürg Lauber and supported by the UN Office by Disarmament Affairs (ODA).

The Statement of ICT4Peace to the OEWG on 14 September 2019, delivered by Daniel Stauffacher can be found here.

ICT4Peace had in the past been invited to support the preparations of the OEWG at regional Meetings of the EU and OAS and through capacity building workshops. A note on the ICT4Peace Cybersecurity and Diplomacy capacity building program can be found here.

ICT4Peace had also prepared a first submission to the OEWG negotiations.