The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has cemented new global partnerships designed to make cyberspace a safer, more secure place to be for consumers, businesses, and – most crucially – children and youth.
A Memorandum of Understanding signed between the ITU and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) at this year’s WSIS Forum event in Geneva will see the two organsations collaborate in assisting ITU and UN Member States mitigate the risks posed by cybercrime.
The MoU will enable the two bodies to work together to make available the necessary expertise and resources to establish legal measures and legislative frameworks at national level, for the benefit of all interested countries. It is the first time that two organisations within the UN system have formally agreed to cooperate at the global level on cybersecurity.
