A/RES/74/247
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
20 January 2020
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 107
Countering the use of information and communications
technologies for criminal purposes
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 27 December 2019
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/74/401)]
74/247.
Countering the use of information and communications
technologies for criminal purposes
The General Assembly,
Noting that information and communications technologies, while having
enormous potential for the development of States, create new opportunities for
perpetrators and may contribute to a rise in the levels and complexity of crime,
Noting also the potential risk of the misuse of emerging technologies, including
artificial intelligence, while recognizing their potential in preventing and combating
the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes,
Concerned by the increase in the rate and diversity of crimes committed in the
digital world and their impact on the stability of critical infrastructure of States and
enterprises and on the well-being of individuals,
Recognizing that diverse criminals, including traffickers in persons, are taking
advantage of information and communications technologies to c arry out criminal
activities,
Stressing the need to enhance coordination and cooperation among States in
combating the use of information and communications technologies for criminal
purposes, including by providing technical assistance to developing cou ntries, upon
their request, to improve national legislation and frameworks and build the capacity
of national authorities to deal with such use in all its forms, including its prevention,
detection, investigation and prosecution, and emphasizing in this co ntext the role that
the United Nations, in particular the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice, plays,
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