UN General Assembly
2021

We also recognize the new challenge and threat of States that intend to militarize the Internet and unleash a cyberarms race. Russia advocates the adoption of a United Nations agreement on ways to ensure international information security. The process should not be based on anyone’s special rules but rather on universal agreements that allow for the consideration of all concerns in a transparent and fact-based manner. That is the aim of our initiative to elaborate standard norms for responsible State behaviour in the use of information and communications technologies and to prepare a universal convention on combating cybercrime. In addition to digital space, some countries view outer space as an arena for confrontation. We see that as a dangerous trend and propose to prohibit the placement of weapons and the threat or use of force in outer space. The relevant Russian-Chinese draft treaty remains before the Conference on Disarmament.