BRICS Johannesburg Declaration
DATE
2018
INSTITUTION
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS)
SHORT SUMMARY
BRICS leaders stressed the importance of international cooperation against terrorist and criminal use of ICTs and therefore reiterate the need to develop a universal regulatory binding instrument on combatting the criminal use of ICTs within the UN. BRICS leaders stressed the importance for a framework of cooperation among BRICS member States on ensuring security in the Use of ICTs and, in this regard, committed themselves to work towards consideration and elaboration of a BRICS intergovernmental agreement on cooperation on this matter.