Promoting technical assistance and capacity-building to strengthen national measures and international cooperation to combat cybercrime, including information-sharing A/RES/74/173 Looking forward to the discussions to be held during the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, which will address issues pertaining to cybercrime, including electronic evidence, Welcoming with appreciation the efforts of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in advancing the implementation of the Global Programme on Cybercrime for the purpose of fulfilling its mandate to provide technical assistance and capacity building on cybercrime, 1. Welcomes with appreciation the outcome of the fifth meeting of the openended intergovernmental Expert Group to Conduct a Comprehensive Study on Cybercrime, held in Vienna from 27 to 29 March 2019; 2. Acknowledges the importance of the work of the Expert Group to continue to exchange information on national legislation, best practices, technical assistance and international cooperation, with a view to examining options to strengthen existing responses and to propose new national and international legal or other responses to cybercrime; 3. Notes with appreciation that the Expert Group will develop, in accordance with its workplan for the period 2018–2021, possible conclusions and recommendations for submission to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice; 4. Recognizes the Expert Group as an important platform for the exchange of information on national legislation, best practices, technical a ssistance and international cooperation, with a view to examining options to strengthen existing responses and to propose new national and international legal or other responses for cybercrime; 5. Encourages Member States to develop and implement measures to ensure that cybercrime and crimes in which electronic evidence is relevant can be effectively investigated and prosecuted at the national level and that effective international cooperation can be obtained in this area, in accordance with domestic law a nd consistent with relevant and applicable international law, including applicable international human rights instruments; 6. Urges Member States to encourage the training of law enforcement officers, investigative authorities, prosecutors and judges in the field of cybercrime, including in relevant skills in evidence collection and information technology, and to equip them to effectively carry out their respective roles in investigating, prosecuting and adjudicating cybercrime offences; 7. Encourages Member States to endeavour to provide, upon request and based on national needs, appropriate technical assistance and sustainable capac itybuilding to strengthen the ability of national authorities to deal with cybercrime and to continue exchanging views on practical experiences and other technical aspects in this regard; 8. Reaffirms the role of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, pursuant to Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice resolution 22/8 of 26 April 2013, 3 as a central repository of cybercrime laws and lessons learned with a view to facilitating the continued assessment of needs and criminal justice capabi lities and the delivery and coordination of technical assistance; 9. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to periodically collect information on new developments, progress made and best __________________ 3 19-22319 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2013, Supplement No. 10 and corrigendum (E/2013/30 and E/2013/30/Corr.1), chap. I, sect. D. 3/4