Third session of the Ad Hoc Committee

29 August to 9 September 2022, New York

In accordance with General Assembly resolution 75/282 and the road map and mode of work approved at its first session, the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes, established by the General Assembly in its resolution 74/247, held its third session from 29 August to 9 September 2022 in New York.

General Information

General information, including on the meeting times and format, registration, accessibility, information on side events and guidance on the co-sponsorship of proposals is available on this page.

COVID-19 related guidance for UN Headquarters New York

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Meeting Documentation

Meeting documentation will be shared on the webpage of the meeting as it becomes available.

A/AC.291/11	Annotated provisional agenda
A/AC.291/12	Compilation of proposals and comments submitted by Member States on provisions on international cooperation, technical assistance, preventive measures, and the mechanism of implementation, the final provisions and the preamble of a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes
A/AC.291/12/Add.1	Compilation of proposals and comments submitted by Member States on provisions on international cooperation, technical assistance, preventive measures, and the mechanism of implementation, the final provisions and the preamble of a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes, Addendum
A/AC.291/12/Add.2	Compilation of proposals and comments submitted by Member States on provisions on international cooperation, technical assistance, preventive measures, and the mechanism of implementation, the final provisions and the preamble of a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes, Addendum
A/AC.291/12/Add.3	Compilation of proposals and comments submitted by Member States on provisions on international cooperation, technical assistance, preventive measures, and the mechanism of implementation, the final provisions and the preamble of a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes, Addendum
A/AC.291/12/Add.4	Compilation of proposals and comments submitted by Member States on provisions on international cooperation, technical assistance, preventive measures, and the mechanism of implementation, the final provisions and the preamble of a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes, Addendum
A/AC.291/13	Guiding questions on the chapters on international cooperation, technical assistance, preventive measures, the mechanism of implementation, the final provisions and the preamble of a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes.
PDF	Additional guiding questions on international cooperation
A/AC.291/14	Report of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes on its third session
A/AC.291/CRP.12	Chair’s Report of the Second Intersessional Consultation of the Ad Hoc Committee
A/AC.291/CRP.13	Compilation of draft provisions submitted by Member States on international cooperation, technical assistance, preventive measures, the mechanism of implementation and the final provisions and the preamble
A/AC.291/INF/5/Rev.1	List of Participants

Additional background information

Presentation on the UNODC Global Programme on Cybercrime delivered at the Briefing on the UNODC Global Programme on Cybercrime on 31 August 2022 at UNHQ.

Presentation on the Mechanisms of Implementation for International Treaties on Drug Control, Organized Crime, and Corruption

Statements

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UN Web TV Videos

The meeting is available on demand on the UN Web TV website. Please find the direct links to the videos of the third session here.

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Participation of multi-stakeholders in the third session of the Ad Hoc Committee

Information on the participation of multi-stakeholders in the third session of the Ad Hoc Committee, such as registration and collection of grounds passes is available on the general information page.

Please also visit the webpage dedicated to the participation of multi-stakeholders in the Ad Hoc Committee.

Submissions related to the third session of the Ad Hoc Committee

Submissions by Member States and non-member observer States

Angola (1 July 2022) (E)

Argentina (26 August 2022) (S) (E)

Australia (24 August 2022) (E)

Brazil (5 July 2022) (E)

Burkina Faso (1 July 2022) (F)

Canada (8 July 2022) (E)

Colombia (13 July 2022) (E)

Costa Rica (5 July 2022) (S/E)

Ecuador (1 July 2022) (S)

Egypt (7 July 2022) (A)

European Union and its member States (4 July 2022) (E)

Ghana (5 July 2022) (E)

Islamic Republic of Iran (30 June 2022) (E)

Jamaica on behalf of CARICOM (12 June 2022) (E)

Japan (1 July 2022) (E)

Malaysia (31 August 2022) (E)

New Zealand (15 July 2022) (E)

Nigeria (2 July 2022) (E)

Norway (4 July 2022) (E)

Russian Federation also on behalf of Belarus, Burundi, China, Mali, Nicaragua and Tajikistan (28 June 2022) (E) (R)

South Africa (4 July 2022) (E)

Switzerland (1 July 2022) (E)

United Kingdom (9 August 2022) (E)

United Republic of Tanzania (4 July 2022) (E)

United States of America (1 July 2022) (E)

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (S)

Viet Nam (19 July 2022) (E)

Submissions by multi-stakeholders

Representatives of global and regional intergovernmental organizations, including representatives of United Nations bodies, specialized agencies and funds, as well as representatives of functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council

African Union (11 September 2022) (E)

INTERPOL (7 July 2022) (E)

International Telecommunication Union (26 August 2022) (E)

Representatives of non-governmental organizations that are in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, in accordance with Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996

Center for Cyber Risk Research and Policy at the Cyber Institute (24 August 2022) (E)

Virtual Activism (E)

Representatives of other relevant non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions and the private sector

Andishe Varzane Fanavari Tanzim (19 July 2022) (E)

Data Privacy Brasil (1 July 2022) (E)

DB Connect (E)

Electronic Frontier Foundation (24 August 2022) (E)

Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (30 August 2022) (E)

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (1 July 2022) (E)

Global Partners Digital (24 August 2022) (E)

ICC-UK (E)

Knowmad Institut – European Institute for Multidisciplinary Studies on Human Rights and Science (30 May 2022) (E) (S)

Microsoft (22 June 2022) (E)

Rashtriya Raksha University (E)

United Nations

Office on Drugs and Crime