excellencies. Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, we can even say, Dear friends, here we are at the 20th and last meeting of the concluding session which in accordance with our decision from this morning will be suspended and we'll restart. As soon as the General Assembly can make a decision on this we have Agenda Item five, any other businesses. Agenda Item six adoption of the report and Agenda Item seven closure of the session, as many of you and we in the Secretariat and the chair, have been here night and day for 10 days now. I would ask you to avoid giving any lengthy statements and to focus on the essential so that we are all able to benefit a bit from this beautiful city of New York. So without any further ado, we will begin with agenda item five entitled any other business? Would any delegation have any other business to raise with the committee? I see Mexico
and Europe proceed into the school. That Madam Chair, I do apologize. We wanted to speak at the end of your speech.
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Are there any other delegations who wish to take the floor under any other business, I'm not encouraging you to do so. Very well. I see no requests for the floor. So therefore, we have exhausted agenda item five. We will now move on to Agenda Item six adoption of the report. I would like to very sincerely thank Mr. Hardy Chia Surya wanto for his work as rapporteur, and I invite him to join us out there he is to present the report to the committee. Mr. Su oneto. You have the floor to present the report. Thank you.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Distinguished Delegates, I have the honor to present the draft report of the concluding session of the ad hoc committee to elaborate comprehensive international convention on anchoring the use of information and communication technologies for criminal proposals contained in documents, a slash a C dot 291 slash L dot 12. And agenda one and two. Colleagues. Please note that pursuant to practice of General Assembly and the practice of this committee, the report of this of this session is a partial report. It does not contain a substantive summary of deliberation, but rather reflect the process of our meeting our deliberation and decision made by the committee. In addition, please note that we have reflected the names of countries having made intervention under each relevant agenda item. So if delegates think that their country's name were missed, under the respective agenda item, please inform the Secretariat via email at cybercrime, HC at u n.org. The secretariat will check and make changes post session if an omission exists. So with your permission, Madam Chair, I would I would now like to introduce the draft report contained in document a is less ac dot 291 slash L dot 12. And agenda one and two, which contain the following. Section one of the draft report contains information on the opening of the session, attendance and documentation of the ad hoc committee since the first until sixth session. Section two contains information on the election of vice chairs the adoption of the agenda And the organization of Work. Section three contains information on Agenda Item three, entitled revised draft tax of the convention, as discussed from the first meeting of the ad hoc committee until our 18th meeting yesterday afternoon, on eight February 2024. And section four contains information on agenda item four, entitled draft General Assembly Resolution, which was discussed at the 11th meeting of the session of the ad hoc committee. So in addition, information on the committee's 19th and 20th meetings have the concluding session held today this morning, including the agenda items on any other business. The adoption of the report and the closure of the session will be prepared by myself in accord in coordination with the secretariat. past session was session and will be included in the final report. So with your permission, Madam Chair, I would like to kindly invite delegates to submit any editorial correction to Secretariat in writing via email to cybercrime SC at u n.org. So with that, Chair, I commend this draft report to the ad hoc committee for its adoption. Thank you. Merci.
Thank you very much, Mr. Surya wanto. Our Rapporteur for all the work that you have done in invite you to follow his recommendations and only intervene at the moment if indeed you believe it as a matter of substance any of the purely editorial remarks can be sent to the secretariat. You have before you the draft report contained in documents, a stroke ac dot 291 stroke L dot 12 and addendum one and two. We will now consider each part of the report for their adoption. At the end, I will invite the committee to adopt the report as a whole as usual. We will now take a look at document a stroke a C dot 291 stroke l 12. Are there any delegations wishing to take the floor?
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see there are no requests for the floor. Therefore, we have now finished reviewing the report as contained in document a stroke a C 291. Stroke l 12x. Equals in Mexico is it for right now. Yes. You have the floor. Merci beaucoup. Thank you very much. It is an honor to a pleasure to see you presiding over our work at the outset. I would like to state that my country wishes to commend you for your the remarkable work you have done in steering this ad hoc committee It is an honor for us to be led by a woman such as yourself, was so committed to this cause. Your commitment has allowed for substantive progress to be made despite very significant differences that remain within this process. And your task has been Titanic in nature and this must be recognized. Mexico reiterates its support and its gratitude to you for your work. This also goes for the Secretariat, and all the work and support that they have provided. Mexico is looking forward to a convention that appropriately addresses the issues of cybercrime and facilitates the carrying out of investigations, and the prosecution of cybercrime while preserving human rights and fundamental freedoms. Mexico believes that this legally binding documents basis must be to respond to the needs of the victims of these crimes. We must assist in those efforts deployed to ensure that these victims are have access to reparations. We note the flexibility and the work that everyone has done during this session and there have been very in depth conversations and enjoy genious solutions that have led us to a text that represents all positions and respects the goals that we had placed before us. We are convinced that consensus is getting closer we can achieve it. If we recognize our progress, we must also recognize that there is quite a lot of work that remains to be done. This session was marked by a dichotomy between preserving human rights and agreeing this issue with the convention. This is an extremely important element for Mexico, we cannot move backwards when it comes to this issue. We have been able to discuss other issues which should not be left by the wayside and are equally important. So taking into account with the progress and the challenges for Mexico, it is important that this process not be placed under too great pressure to reach great pressure to reach consensus, we must not have a document that is does not have universal support, we need a document that responds to our current needs. We support the decision to continue our negotiations in a resume session, when we have the time necessary to examine the obligations envisaged under this convention. And also to take into account each and every concern. We must not sacrifice the quality of the text. due to issues of timelines and deadlines. We must also ensure that all stakeholders, including civil society are involved Mexico will remain open to dialogue and will work constructively during this upcoming session to achieve a text that would truly reflect the commitment of the international community. Namely, to bolster cooperation prevention and the fight against cybercrime. We wish you every success in this manner you can count on us. We thank you very much. It was a pleasure to hear a voice that I recognize so well, the ambassador of Mexico, we have shared so many times together in Vienna, and including in chairing various committees there. Thank you very much for your very kind words. I hope that I deserve them. Thank you very much. And thank you once again for your very well. Well formulated advice. Are there any other? Any other speakers?
No, Matthew,
no. South Africa.
Thank you, Madam Chair. And I know that you have told us on many occasions not to take time to thank you. But I have been requested by the African group, to to express its very sincere appreciation to both you the Secretariat and the Bureau for your work. Madam Chair, the group considers this convention to be very important for the continent. And in fact, for all countries that are here, we affirm our support and our commitment to you in going forward. And we look forward to the adoption of this convention really soon. Thank you so much.
Merci beaucoup.
Thank you very much, my dear friend, thank you for your support. We all know how Brazil and South Africa have sacrificed so many hours to move forward in the use of terms consensus. And thank you very much for your support. I also wish to take this opportunity to thank the African group for its support from the very beginning, first on my election, and throughout two very difficult years. Thank you very much to the African group as a whole and I think South Africa for its support. I'm not encouraging that the thanks, continue. Perhaps there'll be a minute at the end where we can all applaud ourselves. So let us leave our congratulations to one side, Iran, Jamaica, European Union are on the list. We will start with Iran. The whole
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. First of all, my delegation would like to thank and appreciate you for your professional and tireless, tireless efforts and highly commitment, Madam Chair, highly commitment and dedication of you, and as well as your colleagues in the brew at the Bureau and the Secretariat of the ad hoc committee, Madam Chair, we have been witnessing during the 10 days that you and your all of the distinguish delegations participated in this process. And for deliberations and consideration of the new future convention with the goal of combating cybercrime, I wish you could. I wish we could have achieved the consensus, however, with the diversities of the views and perspectives and the respecting to them. My delegation believes that the extension your very wise decision, and were very wise suggestion for the extension of ad hoc committee will provide an environment with construction, constructive, and mutually understandable manner to finalize the convention for our main goal that is continuing against the criminals in cyberspace. Madam chair again, I in my personal capacity on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, I thank you for your dedication for your professionality thank you so much.
Merci beaucoup.
Thank you very much, dear colleague for your kind words, Jamaica has the floor.
Madam Chair. On behalf of the 14 member states of the Caribbean community, I wish to commend you and your team for your hard work and dedication to this process. Madam Chair, you have led this process this process sorry, with tremendous distinction, and CARICOM remains committed to seeing this process bear the fruit, which is necessary, Madam Chair for the fight against crime. You and your co chairs, your secretariat have worked tirelessly. We have taken note of the tremendous sacrifice that has been given over these past two weeks, but also over the past two years. This is an important process for the Caribbean community. And we hope that the history books that will be written will record that we seize the opportunity to do something great in the fight against cybercrime. Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Thank you very much, dear Andrea, representative of Jamaica, who took the floor on behalf of CARICOM. Since the beginning, I've worked hand in hand with you. I'll take this opportunity to thank you because, indeed, from the beginning, I've tried to ensure that this is a shared presidency, and together with the relative chairperson ship together with the vice chair. So I thank everyone that all the Vice Chair has to especially those who conducted the informal negotiations, I'm thinking about Nigeria, George, and thinking about Bernie from Australia. And I'm thinking of the CO facilitators, the CO facilitator of Brazil and South Africa. And I'm thinking of the representative of Japan, who has recently joined us. So altogether with the support of the Secretariat, of course, starting with MS out of one year, I think all of them very much, because you don't see it, but they're very much standing behind us supporting us. They're doing outstanding work. And they're doing tremendous work. I tip my hat to them, and certainly to all the staff at the Secretariat, John Brenda lien or Delphine Jo Barito, Marcus, Augustine Failla,
the Dr. washy, Renata Tulou, deja CMS, all
DGSE and all of the editors to we certainly have to thank them too, because they've done immense work. And we're going to see them all very soon, too. So thank you very much. I'm going to end with my dear colleague over here. He's very modest, and it stays out of the spotlight but he really deserves a round of applause.
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now to speak on behalf of the EU and its member states. And I would like also to express our sincere gratitude to you, as chair of the other committee, as well as to Tao Undersecretary for the hard work and efforts in facilitating the discussion towards consensus. We would like also to thank the vice chairs who served as CO facilitators during this session, Briony Kochi, Joel and Eric, as well as the delegates for their artwork in seeking consensus on the UN Cybercrime Convention. Madam Chair, we regret that outcome and the faults of the past weeks have not led to a consensus outcome today. largely thanks to your efforts, we can quite close to a successful outcome. But it seems the positions of several delegations still demonstrate significant differences due to the complex nature of cybercrime, and also due to the very valid political, cultural and legal context of the UN member states. That said, we are so confident that we will be able to overcome those differences and file an agreement to that and we need to focus on our shared objective to protect our citizens from crime while protecting also their human rights and fundamental freedoms. The EU and its member states are hopeful, notably, in view of the significant progress we have achieved collectively, and how close we have come to our objective. As the last package proposed by you, madam chair demonstrates, we may have simply lack of time, we recognize that a short extension could help us therefore, finding the remaining solutions to bridge our differences and to achieve consensus, the EU and its member states and therefore, ready to continue working towards a conceptual outcome on an effective un Cybercrime Convention to tackle cybercrime globally. Madam President, Jim, I'm not
sure I'm going to finish in French, to tell you that on behalf of the European Union and its member states, but also in my personal capacity, and want to express the hope that you will continue to steward our work with the invaluable assistance of everyone, I'm sure that all of you will reach the legitimate and understandable aspirations at stake, but a collective task will be greatly facilitated if you continue moderating our work during this final session. And I want to tell you, I'm going to tell you that and everyone else said Thank you, Madam Chair. MAFC. Beaucoup, thank you very much European Union, Brazil, and then Iraq and then China, Brazil
here. Ambassador Markey, thank you for your leadership, for your work for our patients, and especially for your heart. We also I would also want to thank Mr. Tehama. Deb in the secretary at celsion. Agustina especially, and even I cannot not mention Ambassador Molokini from South Africa and Miss pressure duty, who were the ones who we work with. And I think we were able to finish the job on terminology. Madam Chair, we all worked hard. We we advanced a lot. But still we have key shoes to agree on. We heard Liechtenstein and other countries when they say that resources that we are investing here, valuable resources, and we need to make those work. So I want also to agree with European Union and call on all these states to exercise even more flexibility in the continuing of our negotiations. That is the only way we can have a convention. And and that convention that is useful, and that is adopted by consensus and be able to gather most of our countries or all our countries under its auspices. Thank you very much Madam Chair. Merci beaucoup.
Thank you very much. Erec. Sure, Shukran.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Good evening to you all.
I have been tasked by my brothers in the Arab group. And based on that task I would like to convey to your Excellency and to all the esteemed members of the ad hoc committee and the Vice Chair knows all our appreciation and our pride for what we have witnessed in terms of your efforts over the past days, we have seen your patience, dedication. In in seeking to achieve a consensual result for everyone. For us and the Arab group, we have two main reasons to be both pleased and proud to have you be the chairperson of this ad hoc committee, the first reason is that you and Algeria are an effective member, an active member of the group. And the second reason is that the chairmanship of this important committee is to a woman who is well known and renowned in the diplomatic scenes. And so we express our respect and appreciation to you and to the ad hoc committee members and to all participating countries for their patience and their efforts to enrich the proposed text of the convention or the to reach consensus on the international level, where all countries can agree. Madam Chairperson on behalf of the Arab group, we emphasize our commitment to what has been proposed in these past days. And we reiterate our commitment to continuing to work together as a group and as Arab states. With all our partners in the international community, and with your Excellency and the committee members, to reach a compromise and the solution and the consensus that will be acceptable by all in conclusion. Thank you for your patience and your efforts. And may God bless you. Thank you, Dylan. Yeah. Thank you very much, my brother.
So in doing that was distinguished colleagues, chan attaches great importance to international cooperation, combating cybercrime. Chinese President Xi Jinping has noted that the development of Internet knows no national or sectoral boundaries. The sound use, development and governance of Internet does cause for closer international cooperation in cyberspace, and joint efforts to build a community of shared future in cyberspace. China has always firmly supported the negotiation with convention and sustained efforts to strengthen international cooperation, combating cyber crime, and to build a community of shared future in cyberspace. The world is now in a digital age where cyber crime is a serious threat to all countries. The integration of a universal International Convention against cybercrime is not only a common need of all countries, but also a shared responsibility of the international community. China has repeatedly stressed at the committee that cyber criminals and criminal groups will not stop and not even for one moment doing what they do. For one day we do there is one more day that criminals will go unpunished. And one more day that the rights of the victims and the public interests of society we have to wait. During this concluding session. The parties have had many consultations on criminalization international cooperation, protection for sovereignty, and respect for human rights among others, and including technical assistance and capacity building and have made positive progress on many contentious issues. The Chinese delegation supports having a resumed a session of the concluding session and hopes that all countries can meet each other halfway to finalize the convention as early as possible. China thanks, you Madam Chair, your team, colleagues and the Bureau and colleagues in the Secretariat for their strenuous efforts in the negotiation process. As always, we will support your work on the lunar calendar today is New Year's Eve is also a un holiday. We'd like to take this opportunity to especially thank the conference services, and interpretation team of the Secretariat, especially the Chinese interpreters for their hard work. Tomorrow is the first day of the year of dragon oh the long along is a symbol of wisdom, courage and strength in Chinese culture. We wish all colleagues Happy New Year and look forward to a new year that will bring us the ultimate success in negotiations of the convention. Thank you Madam Chair.
Merci beaucoup.
Thank you very much. Your Excellency, the representative of China. For those who don't know, China lent moral and financial support to this process from the very beginning. And as of now, since the adoption of the decision, the representative of China has made it known that his country is intending to continue to support the work of the committee. So thank you very much to you and your country. Mr. Representative of China, we now have the United States.
Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd like to thank you on behalf of my team, both here and in Washington, for your efforts and those of Tahar and the Secretariat through seven sessions, many, many many informals countless submissions by member states, and we heartedly contributed to that process as well as submissions from multi stakeholders. We also want to thank the vice chairs who did double duty both being heads of delegation often and taking on the duties as assigned to bring us to closer to consensus. So we've arrived at a point where extra time is needed to conclude. And this committee under your stewardship has made significant steps towards consensus. And we believe it is important to continue to work hard from this point on to allow us under your guidance to finalize this process when we next meet. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Merci beaucoup.
Thank you very much, Madam Ambassador and head of the US delegation. I also think the United States for there's financial support from the very beginning, as well as their moral support, and personally to the chair during some very difficult times, Japan, you have the floor.
Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. On behalf of the delegation of Japan, I would like to express their deep appreciation once again, for your leadership and tireless efforts, and leading us towards consensus, although we haven't come to an agreement, as of today, but I feel we came very close to reaching agreement. That is, I believe, the progress we made during the last two weeks. Japan believes that the most practical way forward for us is to keep the momentum of the session by engaging in constructive discussions or tone through informal meetings, and reconvene to concluding session. building on the progress we have made and, and on chairs proposal texts. Japan, once again, we'd like to cause a call on all member states to do so in the spirit of compromise and cooperation. In light of the resources our member states have put and of the significance of the convention and our common combat against cybercrime. Japan is determined to continue to support you madam chair at the reconvened concluding session, if we can expect you to serve as the chair, which is our sincere hope. Last but not least, I would like to think I would like to thank your team, members of the Bureau, Mr. Tehama, dead, all members of the Secretariat and the translators and technicians who enabled the work of the meeting. I also would like to thank all the obligations of the member states. It's been a pleasure working with you. And I am certainly looking forward to continue working with you all. Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Yes,
thank you very much. Representative of Japan and vice chair of the Bureau, who has most recently joined us I think that just in one session you have provided efforts that would count for seven sessions. Truly, thank you very much for your efforts. You have done so much work. Thank you also for your flexibility and the possibility of Japan Thank you. Argentina, followed by Malaysia Malta gracias and Euro Presidenta. Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I must say that the delegation of Argentina's intention
was to applaud the establishment of a new convention. However, we are confident that we are very close to this convention, one that would allow us to provide justice to the many victims of cybercrime. We wish to thank you madam chair for your work. And through you We commend the work of your co facilitators and Vice Chair. Thank you. Thank you very much Malaysia.
Pan. Thank you Madam Chair. Malaysia extends its heartfelt appreciation and gratitude for your exceptional dedication and exemplary leadership throughout the ad hoc committee process, including this concluding session. Your unwavering commitment in steering the ad hoc committee, through complex discussions and intricate negotiations is highly commendable. Your patience, diplomatic skills and tactful guidance have enabled us to make significant strides in shaping the framework of this critical International Convention. Malaysia can see the careful thought and consideration you have put into the draft text of the Convention, which we have discussed during this concluding session. While extensive proposals have been introduced to your text during this session of the ad hoc committee, we are confident that you will exercise careful consideration and sound judgment in presenting a balance revise takes on the core objective of the convention, namely countering cybercrime. Once again, Madam Chair, we thank you for your hard work and grace in helping this process and look forward to seeing you at the resume concluding session. Malaysia stands ready to continue collaborating with you and all member states towards the realization of a comprehensive international convention on countering cybercrime. I thank you Madam Chair.
Merci beaucoup. Thank
you very much to Malaysia, Russian Federation. Thank you, Madam Chair. You did everything possible to achieve compromise, perhaps even more than was required. The Russian Federation also spared no efforts, we will continue to work in the development of this convention. We are convinced that the international community doesn't need this convention simply to check a box. It is just it is one that must work and be comprehensive in nature. Our agreement to extend this session was not easy for us to do but for the common good. We decided to agree with this decision. We believe that there should be two rounds of informal consultations that should be organized before the next meeting in New York, we must use every opportunity possible to agree within this next session. And I wish to thank you as well. Thank you very much. Bye bye. Thank you very much. Saudi Arabia.
Thank you, Madam Chairperson. We know that the esteemed representative of Iraq delivered the statement on behalf of the Arab group. However, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would like to express its appreciation and gratitude for your wise leadership and for the efforts you on Taha and the Secretariat and the entire team have made over the past years and during this session, in order to
reach a convention that seeks to have a useful and effective international cooperation to prevent and combat crimes that are committed using information and communications technology in cyberspace. And we would like to also thank the participating countries for their cooperation and for the spirit of consensus during this session, and we look forward to continue to work under your wise leadership. Thank you.
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thank you very much my brother, for all the great efforts that have been made by the delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Thank you very much.
Thank you, Madam Chair. On behalf of the Indonesian delegation. I would like to express our sincere gratitude to your leadership and your outstanding work in the last 10 days of our negotiation, or appreciation and thanks also goes to the member of the Bureau and the Secretariat for their hard work and professionalism. I'm pleased to see that we have made Significant progress towards our common and the first to prevent and combat the multifaceted threats of the ICT for criminal purposes or the cyber crime. But I also know that they are, we have still some work to be done for us to reach agreement. But I believe under your guidance and leadership that at the end, we will accomplish our common goals. Therefore, my delegations will remain actively engaged and contribute positively in our future discussion. Thank you, Manager.
Thank you very much Uruguay.
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. This is the last time that I'm taking the floor during this session, I would like to thank you once again, as well as your team. For the enormous efforts that you have expended since the very beginning of this session, in particular, from the very beginning of our work, and in particularly during this session, we would have wanted a different ending to this session. Sadly, that is not the case. And we regret this. We know that we are very close that we have gone down a very lengthy path, we have been very inclusive in our negotiations and we are working towards consensus and truly we believe that we are very close to our goal.
When it comes to capacity and resources, shall we say that a new session means additional resources will have to be sped spent by each country. Therefore, we must reflect on this issue. And we must use this state of affairs as the basis to avoid excessive expenditures. But you can count on your way to assist in achieving this convention one that the entire world needs very urgently and in conclusion, I wish to thank you. I thank Uruguay for its commitment throughout the sessions India please.
Thank you Madam Chair. On behalf of Indian delegation. I want to thank you, the higher your team Bureau Secretariat, for your tireless efforts and leadership. Madam Chair, we are almost there. We have faith that very soon we will have a convention with active support and flexibility of all member countries. India remains committed to support you in all your efforts. Thank you Madam Chair.
Merci beaucoup. Cote d'Ivoire.
Thank you very much.
Thank you chair.
Chair, the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire wishes to thank you. We thank your team as well. We thank you for your leadership. We also thank the Secretariat, and to our colleagues, the interpreters and the sound technicians for all of their work during this session. I think all the delegates as well for your contributions for your flexibility during these negotiations, aiming to put in place an international legal framework against the scourge represented by cybercrime and a spirit of consensus together, we've taken a considerable step and we're hoping to conclude the process with the same hope in the forthcoming meeting, the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire reiterates its commitment to support you in every way throughout this process. I thank you. Thank you very much, Cote d'Ivoire, Algeria.
Thank you, Madam Chair. The delegation of Algeria would like to thank you for your dedicated work and tireless efforts. This delegation extend its appreciation as well to our colleague Maha for his work and efforts throughout this process, it was under your eyeball leadership, madam chair that we could achieve this significant progress. And and this is the reason why we renew our appreciation to you. We believe that extending the ongoing session would would be useful for all of the useful for the work of the committee to reach consensus on the remaining parts of the convention, this delegation, but I fear its commitment to work hand in hand with other delegations to achieve our goal and adopt this convention that the entire Ward need, and especially developing countries to prevent and combat effectively, the crimes committed through the use of ICTs. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Merci beaucoup.
Thank you very much, Algeria. Thanks, again. I said this morning, I won't repeat it. Without the support of your government, I wouldn't have made it as far as I've made it today. I don't know if we'll make it to the final goal. But all sorts of assistance has been provided by your government, moral support and financial support Libya. Thank
you, Madam Chairperson for your support and tireless efforts and wise leadership in this endeavor. And we thank your colleagues and members of the secretaries, especially Mr. John, for his patience, and all the other member states in this collective effort in order to reach consensus on this convention, and we hope to see you in the resumed session for conclusion as a chair, and thank you for your efforts and for the Secretary Shokran. Jersey. Ron, thank you very much. Motorists, neuropathy enter board.
Thank you very much chair. The delegation of Peru who wishes to echo the words of thanks that we've heard for your work throughout this week, and in recent years to this is a complex process, beset with many challenges and difficulties, but under your leadership, we were able to tackle these challenges, even though we haven't reached the desired goal. That's true. We'll be concluding the session. Now. And we do have a hope of reaching consensus on this draft convention. But we're certain that we will overcome these challenges in the next session. And we welcome the fact that this document will be to the advantage of everyone. Thank you very much again, once more, and you may of course, count on our support in this work. Thank you, Venezuela. La Liga. There's health debt. Yeah, toilet, keep up. Venezuela. Thanks, you, then all the members of your team, the vice chairs and the UN staff for all of the work that they've done. We thank you for standing ready to continue the work in this very complicated process. We're well aware of the urgency of reaching an agreement on a binding instrument to prevent and combat the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes. This is an issue of global importance. From the very outset, we have supported this process. That's because we believe there's a need to be to show openness and to work rapidly. And we want to continue our work in this committee in order to resolve the questions that remain unresolved. We're proud that it is a representative of the south a woman who is at the helm of this committee. It should be stressed that I see tea is one of the areas that is most important. And we welcome your US chair and we hope that you continue to shepherd our work. Thank you very much,
which has gracias columbium Thank you very much Columbia. President
Madam Chair I thank you for your NCC devotion to this work. I also think the Vice Chairs and your chair The team as a whole, Colombia has always prioritized the the gender perspective being reflected in all of the provisions of these texts, we regret the fact that perhaps we were unable to reach our goals here. But nevertheless, the suspension means that we will be able to work further. To achieve this goal, we wish to thank every member state, every organization that has contributed to the financing of developing countries participating in this ad hoc committee. Colombia would not have been able to be represented here, if this generosity did not exist. We also thank the members of civil society who are supporting us throughout this process. We thank them for their process, and we wish them every success, but it won't be that way.
Yes, thank you very much, Colombia, for having recalled the financial support of certain countries. And the participation of women in this session, and in the previous session, as well.
And thank you for mentioning the developing countries as well. And thank you for having called the major and effective contribution of all the NGOs, from academia from the private sector, what are referred to as the multi stakeholder stakeholders. Truly, thank you very much for all of your work. Thank you for your expertise. Thank you for your advice. Your well targeted device. So thank you to all the multi stakeholders, El Salvador has the floor. Gracias, Senora Presidenta.
Thank you, Madam Chair. We wish to align ourselves with those statements who have worked with those delegations rather who have thanked you, we respect you greatly in the manner that you have guided this committee. We also wish to welcome the financial support which allowed for the participation of my delegation and many other developing countries. Without this financial support, it would not have been possible for us to be present here today. I also wish to thank the Secretariat as a whole and our colleagues, the interpreters without whom we would have been unable to work in an satisfactory manner. We also agree with those delegations who spoke regarding the reconvening of this session. We are the view that it is important to have consultations between these session so as to achieve consensus on the most important issues. And to guarantee that the reconvene concluding session, we'll reach a final text. Once again. Many thanks to you, and we wish you every success in the future.
Yes, thank you very much, El Salvador for your kind words. And thank you for raising the question of the informal intersessional consultations. We raised that issue with the Bureau among the members of the Bureau, and there was a recommendation to the members of the Bureau to the secretariat that said that recommendation is to hold informal consultations in Vienna. As the one says the modalities in the rules in the typical procedures, including the dates will be established as per established practice, but the recommendation was made to the Secretariat to look for a good date and a room to do this. So that said, that is the recommended recommendation to the bureau, Switzerland, Chair,
I'm taking the floor on behalf of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and my own country Switzerland. First of all, we would like to thank you madam chair to heart, the Bureau and the Secretariat for the extraordinary efforts you have made to bring this process to this stage. We can assure you of our continued support in the final stage of the process on the you're able leadership to decision to extend the work of the ad hoc committee is a wise one which we support. Nevertheless, we regret that the committee has not yet been able to draft a text that is acceptable to all. We will continue to contribute constructively to the process in order to achieve a convention that would strengthen international cooperation against cybercrime building on the existing international obligations of UN member states. and incorporating strong safeguards particularly in the area of human rights. We would also like to emphasize that inclusion of the stakeholder community was essential to the committee process until now. And their inclusion is equally important for the extension period. Thank you very much.
Merci beaucoup.
Thank you very much, Costa Rica. Thank you chair on behalf of my delegation, and on behalf of the Dominican Republic, I would like to sincerely thank you, for your chairpersons ship. I want to tell you how much we respect your work. And I thank your team, the Secretariat, the vice chairs. Since the very beginning of this process, our countries have always been convinced of the need for this international regulatory framework that is universal.
During the next session, we hope that we will be able to succeed and to present a final product. We're not We're not entirely satisfied here. But we're leaving with the hope that there is still enough time to
resolve the points of divergence. The outstanding issues are crucially important. They're going to require further effort, though, I know that under your president's your chairmanship, we're going to make it Thank you. Thank you very much, Israel.
Thank you, Madam Chair, just briefly wishing to express from our end also appreciation to the very hard work of you, your team and the secretariat. We are like many others have expressed very hopeful that we can be successful in our next session, and accept a convention by consensus. Thank you very much.
Merci.
Thank you very much, Albania.
Thank you chair and also being avails itself on the highest consideration for the your great, great, great job, for the Secretariat for the translations that helped us a lot. But Special thanks to you chair, because it's somehow sometimes it's a feeling of a student and your great professor that created us comfort and being comfort here. And with your patient, we could you could manage all these situations, they all requirements of this highest level of all experts on this great convention that hopefully will be concluded very soon. Also, we express our great commitment to continue and to be part of all the team here or distinguish them delegations to come up in a very successful conclusion. Many things and we are grateful.
Merci beaucoup,
thank you very much. Now we're chat to you and the Secretariat many things.
Merci, merci beaucoup.
Thank you. Thank you very much Belarus was omega. Distinguished chairperson, allow me to thank you for your work on behalf of the Republic of Bella Roos, and thank the interpreters the secretariat. What you have done, what we have done, is already deserving of high praise. And through your able stewardship, we were able to not take any decisions that were perhaps too hasty, we have a pause that we can take and we can take stock and find a compromise, a real compromise on specific articles of the convention. Thank you once again, very much. Belarus will continue its constructive participation in this negotiation process and have a safe trip home as short as possible. Once again, thank you very much. Sudha
shukran Thank you. that person, allow me to thank you for your stewardship and steering the works of this commission that was very transparent and wise and demonstrated really your capability in diplomatically and we have the honor to see an African woman heading this commission, Madam Chair, you would not have been successful. Without the very efficient Secretariat, the Secretariat, which was able to steer its works very efficiently. So I salute the colleagues from the Secretariat coming from Vienna, traveling all the way through to be a part of this team. And I would thank would like to thank the Secretariat in New York, for all their efforts and special greetings to our colleague Taha for all his efforts, which demonstrate that he is going to be a very important Algerian ambassador, Madam Chairperson. We will hope to conclude during this session, but we have came a long way, in a number of items, and we trust the madam chair persons that we are going to be able to conclude in the next session, all delegations demonstrated a very high ability to negotiate and we have that the Spirit will continue through with us, Madam Chairperson, you can count on our support. And we pray for you to be successful for you and the Secretary in your team. Thank you. And thank you, says the chairperson Senegal.
Do committee, members of the ad hoc committee on behalf of the delegation of Senegal, we wish to express our deep gratitude for your devotion and commitment in the elaborations of this convention on countering the use of ICTs your expertise and your collaboration were essential to reach a non exhaustive and robust text we thank you. And bye behalf of my ambassador with whom you have worked for many years, I wish to thank you and thank you on behalf of my delegation, your determination to overcome the challenges have led to a document that we hope will be validated in the upcoming sessions that are to be held in New York. We believe that this document will considerably bolster our collective efforts to combat cybercrime, which is a threat against secured our securities. We believe that this convention will be a guide and a term of reference for further documents in this sphere. And we look forward to working with you Madam Chair, to complete the elaboration of this text. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, my dear friend. I see my dear friend seated behind you. Welcome to New York. And I hope that I will see you again. We worked together in the Third Committee 35 years ago. And we adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which also was quite a long path to travel. So thank you very much this afternoon. I'm very emotional. Between Alicia and you. I'm at I'm on the edge of tears here. Can we now continue adopting the report because we do have to report actually adopted if we are going to be in line with the rules of procedure
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know, we have finished reviewing the report contained in document a stroke, a C dot 291 stroke l 12. And we're moving on to a stroke a C dot 291 stroke l 12. Stroke add one. Are there any delegations wish to take the floor? I hope not. I note there are no requests for the floor. We have therefore finished reviewing the report as contained in document a stroke a C dot 291 stroke l 12. Stroke add one and we will now take a look at the document under a stroke ac dot two Nine one stroke l 12. Stroke ad two. Are there any delegations who wish to take the floor? No. I see none. We have thus finished reviewing the report as contained in document, a stroke, AC stroke, dot 291 stroke, l 12. Stroke, add to May I take it that the ad hoc committee wishes to adopt the report of its concluding session? as a whole? Yes, that's all clap, bravo. It's adopted
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Sometimes, when we take time to discuss general subjects, sometimes we gained some time because we are already at item seven of the agenda which is closure. And I will spare you from my own speech at this point. Thank you all thank you to the interpreters who are able to decode the babblings of the President in all the chair in all languages. Well done. Well done. Thank you for our your flexibility. We worked day and night. Truly, we were here all day and all night in this building. The only thing we know of New York is the basement of the UN. And I hope that next time we'll have more chance to get outside Thank you very much and have a safe flight home to those who are returning home and good luck to those who remain here in New York thick. Thank
