UN OEWG 2021-2025 11th substantive session
The Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) will hold its eleventh substantive session on 7-11 July 2025 in New York, the USA. This will be the final session of the group’s work.
The OEWG was established in 2021 by UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/75/240. The group is tasked to continue to develop the rules, norms, and principles of responsible behaviour of states; discuss ways for their implementation, and to study the possibility of establishing a regular institutional dialogue with broad participation under the auspices of the UN. Also included in the group’s mandate is a study of existing and potential threats to information security and possible confidence-building measures and capacity development. Its composition is declared as open, allowing all UN member states that express a desire to participate.
Side Events
Final substantive session (7-11 July 2025)
- Side Event: Second Working Breakfast among OAS Member States: Confidence-Building Measures in the margins of the 11th session of the OEWG
Co-host(s): OAS-CICTE and Dominican Republic
Date and time: Monday 7 July, 07.30-09.30 (breakfast will be provided)
Location: Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the UN, 144 East 44th St, 4th Floor
- Side Event: Building Capacity Over Coffee: A Stakeholder Breakfast on the Future of Cyber Diplomacy
Co-Host(s): European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), EU Cyber Direct
Date and time: Monday 7 July, 08.30-09.45
Location: Delegation of the European Union to the UN, 666 Third Avenue, 31st Floor, New York 10017
For more information about the OEWG, please visit the session’s official page.
