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Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive
International Convention on Countering the Use of
Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal
Purposes
Meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee
Sessions
Organizational session, New York, 10-12 May 2021
Session on organizational matters, New York, 24 February 2022
First session, New York, 28 February - 11 March 2022
Second session, Vienna, 30 May - 10 June 2022
Third session, New York, 29 August - 9 September 2022
Fourth session, Vienna, 9-20 January 2023
Fifth session, Vienna, 11-21 April 2023
Sixth session, New York, 21 August - 1 September 2023
Concluding session, New York, 29 January - 9 February 2024
Reconvened concluding session, New York, 29 July - 9 August 2024
Intersessional consultations
First intersessional consultation, Vienna, 24 and 25 March 2022
Second intersessional consultation, Vienna, 13 and 14 June 2022
Third intersessional consultation, Vienna 3 and 4 November 2022
Fourth intersessional consultation, Vienna, 6 and 7 March 2023
Fifth intersessional consultation, Vienna, 20 and 21 June 2023
Useful documents
General Assembly Resolution 74/247
General Assembly Resolution 75/282
Rules of procedure of the General Assembly
Road map and mode of work for the Ad Hoc Committee
Structure of the future convention
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Modalities of the participation of multi-stakeholders
List of other relevant organizations, which were approved to participate in the Ad Hoc Committee
Other background information
UNODC Global Programme on Cybercrime
Participation of multi-stakeholders
About the Ad Hoc Committee
Through its resolution 74/247, the General Assembly decided to establish an open-ended ad hoc intergovernmental committee
of experts, representative of all regions, to elaborate a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of
information and communications technologies for criminal purposes, taking into full consideration existing international
instruments and efforts at the national, regional and international levels on combating the use of information and
communications technologies for criminal purposes, in particular the work and outcomes of the open-ended intergovernmental
Expert Group to Conduct a Comprehensive Study on Cybercrime.
Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 74/247, the ad hoc committee convened a three-day organizational session in May
2021, in New York, in order to agree on an outline and modalities for its further activities, to be submitted to the General
Assembly at its seventy-fifth session for its consideration and approval. The organizational session was originally scheduled to
take place in August 2020 but due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the General Assembly decided through first its
decision 74/567 of 14 August 2020 and then 75/555 of 15 January 2021 to postpone the organizational session of ad hoc
committee to 10-12 May 2021.
On May 26 2021 the General Assembly adopted resolution 75/282, entitled "Countering the use of information and
communications technologies for criminal purposes."
In this resolution, the General Assembly decided, inter alia, that the Ad Hoc Committee shall convene at least six sessions, of 10
days each, to commence in January 2022, a concluding session in New York, and conclude its work in order to provide a draft
convention to the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session; it further decided that the Committee shall hold the first, third
and sixth negotiating sessions in New York and the second, fourth and fifth sessions in Vienna, and shall be guided by the rules
of procedure of the General Assembly.
In line with decision 76/552 of the General Assembly, the Ad Hoc Committee held a one-day meeting on organizational matters
on 24 February 2022, and its first session from 28 February to 11 March 2022.
The Ad Hoc Committee approved the road map and mode of work for the Committee at its first session, held from 28 February
to 11 March 2022. The road map and mode of work for the Ad Hoc Committee is contained in Annex II to document
A/AC.291/7. Accordingly, the Ad Hoc Committee held six negotiating sessions and a concluding session as well as five
intersessional consultations.
A concluding session was held in New York from 29 January to 9 February 2024. In that session, the Ad Hoc Committee
decided to suspend its work and recommended to the General Assembly that a reconvened concluding session be held at a
later date to allow the Committee to finalize its work. Accordingly, the General Assembly adopted its decision 78/549, pursuant
to which the reconvened concluding session will be held in New York from 29 July to 9 August 2024.
A Frequently Asked Questions document with information on the process of elaboration of an international convention on
countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes is available here (status: 26 April
2024).
Officers of the Ad Hoc Committee
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Position Group Name and Country
Chair African Group H.E. Ms. Faouzia Boumaiza Mebarki (Algeria)
Vice-Chair African Group H.E. Mr. Mohamed Hamdy Elmolla (Egypt)
Vice-Chair African Group Mr. Terlumun George-Maria Tyendezwa (Nigeria)
Vice-Chair Asia-Pacific Group Mr. Zhen SHANG (China)
Vice-Chair Asia-Pacific Group Mr. WARISAWA Koichi (Japan)
Vice-Chair Eastern-European Group Mr. Markko Künnapu (Estonia)
Vice-Chair Eastern-European Group H.E. Ms. Dominika Krois (Poland)
Vice-Chair Eastern-European Group Mr. Dmitry Bukin (Russian Federation)
Vice-Chair GRULAC H.E. Mr. Claudio Peguero Castillo (Dominican Republic)
Vice-Chair GRULAC H.E. Ms. Sabra Amari Murillo Centeno (Nicaragua)
Vice-Chair GRULAC Mr. Eric do Val Lacerda Sogocio (Brazil)
Vice-Chair WEOG Ms. Briony Daley Whitworth (Australia)
Vice-Chair WEOG H.E. Mr. Miguel del Almeida e Sousa (Portugal)
Vice-Chair WEOG H.E. Ms. Deborah A. McCarthy (United States)
Rapporteur Asia-Pacific Group Mr. Harditya Suryawanto (Indonesia)
Information for stakeholders
Interested global and regional intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with
the Economic and Social Council are invited to participate in the work of the Ad Hoc Committee.
Other interested relevant non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions and private sector
organizations (as per paragraph 9 of General Assembly resolution 75/282), which were approved by the Ad Hoc Committee are
also invited to participate in the sessions. You can access the list of other relevant organizations here. The decision of the
Committee including the list of organizations is contained in Annex I to document A/AC.291/6.
Please find general information about the participation of multi-stakeholders here. For specific information related to the
meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee please visit the dedicated page for each event.
Contact the secretariat of the Ad Hoc Committee
UNODC, through the Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch, Division for Treaty Affairs, serves as secretariat for the Ad
Hoc Committee and can be contacted at cybercrimeahc@[Link].
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