サイバーセキュリティに関する国連オープン・エンド作業部会（OEWG）最終会合における赤堀毅総合外交政策局審議官（サイバー政策担当大使）ステートメント
令和3年3月8日
I thank the Chair and the UN Secretariat for organizing this meeting of the Open-ended Working Group in a hybrid format despite COVID-19 limitations.
In preparation for what is planned to be the final meeting of this OEWG, I went over the Statement I made in September 2019, at the first meeting.
Everything I said then holds true this week. The priority objective of this group should be to improve cybersecurity, to prevent malicious use of ICTs, to prevent cyberattacks, together.
We should build upon the important basis of past GGE discussions materialized in their three consensus reports which were all endorsed by the General Assembly by consensus. We should not go back more than ten years in time by ignoring them.
Important discussions which took place during the OEWG should be reflected fairly.
A text which satisfies all the above requirements will have Japan’s support.
Japan will engage constructively this week and make only essential comments to the draft in order to achieve a consensus report which improves cybersecurity on condition that all delegations share the same approach.
On the introduction part, in a spirit of constructive compromise, Japan will not seek individual edits. Japan strongly supports the understanding that ICTs have made human progress possible, the recognition that COVID-19 has demonstrated risks and consequences, the appreciation that the OEWG provided an inclusive platform for all States to participate and relevant stakeholders to engage.
Japan strongly supports paragraphs 7 and 8 explaining where the OEWG is placed against the historical background and how the OEWG has sought common ground and mutual understanding building on that foundation. Japan cannot accept deletion of paragraph 7. Japan supports the edits proposed by the US on paragraphs 1 and 8.
Paragraph 9 is important as it recognizes the contribution made by a broad range of stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector, the academia and the technical community.
We owe it to all of them to agree on a meaningful consensus report which will actually contribute to improving cybersecurity.
On the existing and potential threats, in a spirit of constructive compromise, Japan will not seek individual edits.
Japan supports the proposal by Germany to add an explicit reaffirmation of the 2015 consensus report in paragraph 14 at the beginning of section B, “Agreed conclusions and recommendations.”
Japan thanks the US for raising the question of the verb “agree” which is used to create legally binding obligations. Japan shares the view of the US that the verb “agree” should be avoided and replaced by other verbs.
I thank you.
In preparation for what is planned to be the final meeting of this OEWG, I went over the Statement I made in September 2019, at the first meeting.
Everything I said then holds true this week. The priority objective of this group should be to improve cybersecurity, to prevent malicious use of ICTs, to prevent cyberattacks, together.
We should build upon the important basis of past GGE discussions materialized in their three consensus reports which were all endorsed by the General Assembly by consensus. We should not go back more than ten years in time by ignoring them.
Important discussions which took place during the OEWG should be reflected fairly.
A text which satisfies all the above requirements will have Japan’s support.
Japan will engage constructively this week and make only essential comments to the draft in order to achieve a consensus report which improves cybersecurity on condition that all delegations share the same approach.
On the introduction part, in a spirit of constructive compromise, Japan will not seek individual edits. Japan strongly supports the understanding that ICTs have made human progress possible, the recognition that COVID-19 has demonstrated risks and consequences, the appreciation that the OEWG provided an inclusive platform for all States to participate and relevant stakeholders to engage.
Japan strongly supports paragraphs 7 and 8 explaining where the OEWG is placed against the historical background and how the OEWG has sought common ground and mutual understanding building on that foundation. Japan cannot accept deletion of paragraph 7. Japan supports the edits proposed by the US on paragraphs 1 and 8.
Paragraph 9 is important as it recognizes the contribution made by a broad range of stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector, the academia and the technical community.
We owe it to all of them to agree on a meaningful consensus report which will actually contribute to improving cybersecurity.
On the existing and potential threats, in a spirit of constructive compromise, Japan will not seek individual edits.
Japan supports the proposal by Germany to add an explicit reaffirmation of the 2015 consensus report in paragraph 14 at the beginning of section B, “Agreed conclusions and recommendations.”
Japan thanks the US for raising the question of the verb “agree” which is used to create legally binding obligations. Japan shares the view of the US that the verb “agree” should be avoided and replaced by other verbs.
I thank you.