Saudi Arabia Signs UN Convention Against Cybercrime

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by National Cybersecurity Authority Governor Eng. Majed bin Mohammed Al-Mazyed, today signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime in Hanoi, Vietnam.

 This positions Saudi Arabia among the first countries to endorse this international agreement, the first of its kind under the auspices of the UN, aimed at combating cybercrime. The agreement was signed during a high-level ceremony in the Vietnamese capital, which was opened on October 25–26 for countries around the world to endorse.

 This convention marks the first UN multilateral treaty in over two decades to combat crime and the first binding international agreement specifically dedicated to combating cybercrime.

 The agreement was developed under the framework of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes, with Saudi Arabia's active engagement significantly contributing to the final text adopted by the committee.