A/RES/73/187
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 January 2019
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 109
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 17 December 2018
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/73/590)]
73/187.
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 opportunit ies for
criminals and lead to a rise in crime,
Noting also the potential of emerging technologies, including artificial
intelligence, 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 carry 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 countries , upon
their request, to improve national legislation and build the capacity of national
authorities to deal with such use in all its forms, including it s prevention, detection,
investigation and prosecution, and emphasizing in this context the role that the United
Nations, in particular the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice,
plays,
Recalling Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice resolution
22/8 of 26 April 2013, 1 in which the Commission welcomed the efforts of the United
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