Thank you chair, 

The Kingdom of the Netherlands aligns itself with the statement delivered by the EU, please allow me to make the following remarks in my national capacity.

Chair, Excellencies, distinguished delegates,
2026 was the first year of the new UN Global Mechanism on the security and use of ICTs, and we can say it has been a busy year. Under the Chairmanship of Ambassador Egriselda López of El Salvador, the Mechanism took important steps to further operationalize itself. Nearing the end of the year, the Global Mechanism is well on its way to become a practical platform for both states and the wider multistakeholder community to discuss how the normative framework for responsible state behaviour in cyberspace applies to real cyber threats and dilemmas. 
Having said that, it is critical to underline that the UN Global Mechanism is still in its early days and its undisrupted development is essential for its ability to deliver concrete and practice-oriented results. We believe that substantive discussions on the UN Global Mechanism are only to be held within the mechanism itself. In this light, let me underline my delegation’s unwavering support for the Chair’s draft resolution and I call upon all delegations to do the same and not to embark on a parallel process. 
In 2024 The Netherlands and the RoK tabled their first resolution on Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain (AIMD) and since then this topic has gathered significant momentum, underscoring the widespread and shared interest in taking the discussion forward. The informal exchanges in June in Geneva with broad participation and engagement from Member States and the multistakeholder community reflected this. Building on these exchanges, this year’s resolution proposes the next step: structured dialogues centred on a focused agenda and concrete outcomes. We invite all delegations to support the draft resolution and help achieving these concrete goals through a step-by step approach.

Thank you Chair.