The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

The Ministers and Leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has at a meeting in 2002 made a commitment to:

"Endeavor to enact a comprehensive set of laws relating to cybersecurity and cybercrime that are consistent with the provisions of international legal instruments, including United Nations General Assembly Resolution 55/63 (2000) and Convention on Cybercrime (2001) by October 2003."

The e-Security Task Group created in 2003 a Cybercrime Legislation & Enforcement Capacity Building Project. Read the progress report here.

In a joint statement at the Ministerial Meeting in Santiago, Chile, November 17-18, 2004, it was agreed to strengthen the respective economies ability to combat cybercrime by enacting domestic legislation consistent with the provisions of international legal instruments, including the Convention on Cybercrime (2001), and relevant United Nations General Assembly Resolutions.

At the APEC Telecommunications and Information Working Group Meeting on September 5-9, 2005, in Seoul, Korea, a statement reads as follows:

Economies are currently implementing and enacting cybersecurity laws, consistent with the UN General Assembly Resolution 55/63 (2000) and the Convention on Cybercrime (2001). The TEL Cybercrime Legislation initiative and Enforcement Capacity Building Project will support institutions to implement new laws.

At the Ministerial Meeting in November 2005, the Ministers renewed their commitment stating that they:

Encourage all economies to study the Convention on Cybercrime (2001) and endeavour to enact a comprehensive set of laws relating to cybersecurity and cybercrime that are consistent with international legal instruments, including United Nations General Assembly Resolution 55/63 (2000) and the Convention on Cybercrime (2001).