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Abstract :
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The 2019 session of the Council instructed the Secretary-General, in parallel, to submit to the next Council session (1) a report explaining how the ITU is currently utilizing the Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA) framework and (2) with the involvement of Member States, appropriate guidelines developed for utilization of the GCA by the ITU for Council's consideration and approval (C19/117, C19/58).
Pursuant to these instructions, the draft Guidelines have been formulated with the support of Chief Judge (Ret.) Stein Schjolberg (former HLEG Chair), Prof. Solange Ghernaouti and Mr. Noboru Nakatani, and with the involvement of Member States and other stakeholders, for consideration and approval by the Council. It is important to note that this effort is not meant to and will not address matters related to the revision of the GCA.
As per the process for developing the draft Guidelines, set out in Circular Letter (CL-20/55), two Open Consultations were held for all WSIS stakeholders on 23 April 2020 and 1 March 2021 to provide comments on the draft Guidelines. A previous version of this document was originally prepared as C20/65 for submission to the 2020 session of the Council but was not reviewed.
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