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INTERVENTION BY MALAYSIA : UN GLOBAL MECHANISM ON DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD OF ICT ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION (GENERAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS)
UN GLOBAL MECHANISM ON DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD OF ICT
ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION
(GENERAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS)
30 MARCH 2026, 10.00AM
INTERVENTION BY MALAYSIA
Thank you Madam Chair,
Excellencies.
Distinguished colleagues.
2. Malaysia wishes to join other colleagues in this room and congratulate you on taking up this important role as the Chair of the Global Mechanism. We have full confidence in you and your team in steering this process for its first biennium. We believe this inaugural biennium cycle of the Global Mechanism will play a pivotal role in shaping the trajectory and strategic direction of its subsequent cycles. In this regard, please be assured of Malaysia’s unwavering support and commitment to you andtowards this process.
Madam Chair,
3. As we commence the first cycle of the Global Mechanism, Malaysia wishes to underscore the importance of ensuring a smooth and coherent transition from the Open-Ended Working Group to the Global Mechanism. In this regard, we believe our work should build firmly upon the painstaking progress achieved through the OEWG process, as well as the UN Group of Governmental Experts before it, including the agreed framework and accumulated understandings developed over many years. Malaysia therefore encourages an approach that preserves continuity, consolidates consensus outcomes, and sustains forward momentum, so that our collective efforts continue to progress, rather than regress, in strengthening responsible State behaviour and international stability in the use of ICTs.
4. We thank you for convening this Organizational Session and for providing a structured basis for our general exchange of views across the five pillars of the framework and the organisation of work for this cycle.
5. Malaysia approaches this framework with a clear conviction: the digital domain must not become a space where insecurity is normalised. Instead, it should remain a domain where States, consistent with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, work collectively to reduce risks, prevent conflict, and buildtrust.
Madam Chair,
6. Malaysia is concerned by the growing scale and sophistication of malicious ICT activities that can undermine international peace and security. These include activities that target critical infrastructure, essential services, supply chains, and public institutions, and those that could disrupt economic stability and social cohesion.
7. We are particularly mindful that the impact of such threats is often disproportionate for developing countries, which may have limited resources to prevent, detect, and respond effectively. Malaysia therefore supports continued efforts to improve shared understanding of the evolving threat, including through practical exchanges on threat vectors, trends, and risk scenarios.
8. Malaysia is hopeful that through the Global Mechanism, we could further advance rules, norms,and principles of responsible State behaviour. We believe these norms are essential to setting expectations, reducing miscalculation, and strengthening predictability. Malaysia supports a practical, implementation-oriented approach that encourages States to internalise these norms through national policies, operational guidance, and clear domestic lines of responsibility.
9. Malaysia looks forward to the substantive and enhanced discussions under the two Dedicated Thematic Groups in December 2026, following the plenary session to be convened in July 2026. As agreed in Annex I of A/80/257, the DTGs are to provide focused, action‑oriented discussions and transmit recommendations to the plenary. In this regard, we would encourage continued consideration of an appropriate methodology to ensure that the DTGs’ deliberations can feed into the plenary in a transparent and fully inclusive manner, consistent with an intergovernmental process.
10. Malaysia looks forward to an action-oriented set of outcomes or recommendations at the conclusion of this inaugural cycle, one that reflects our shared commitment to practical progress and strengthens implementation on the ground. In our view, the value of the process will ultimately be measured by its ability to deliver a consensual outcome that is realistic, implementable, and responsive to the diverse capacities and priorities of all Member States. Malaysia stands ready to engage constructively and with flexibility to help build convergence and ensure that the agreed results command broad confidence across the membership.
Madam Chair,
11. Malaysia believes that this opportunity should be taken to make significant progress across the five pillars of the framework, all of which must be pursued in a balanced manner. We remain committed to engaging constructively and in good faith during this process to advance a stable, secure, open, and peaceful ICT environment that benefits all Member States.
I thank you.