In the below table you will find links to recordings and transcripts of the two UN Open-ended Working Groups on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies (2021 – 2025). The transcripts are unofficial and have been produced by Robert Collett. Please see the Q&A section after the table for further information.
| OEWG 2021-2025 session | UN Web TV Recording | Transcript | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SESSION ONE | |||||||
| Session 1 - 1 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 1 - 2 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 1 - 3 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 1 - 4 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 1 - 5 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 1 - 6 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 1 - 7 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 1 - 8 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 1 - 9 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| SESSION TWO | |||||||
| Session 2 - 1 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 2 - 2 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 2 - 3 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 2 - 4 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 2 - 5 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 2 - 6 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 2 - 7 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 2 - 8 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 2 - 9 | Recording | Transcript | |||||
| Session 2 - 10 | Recording | Transcript |
Q&A
Q. How accurate are the transcripts?
The transcripts are unofficial aids to follow the OEWG discussions and not official documents. They are accurate (I estimate 98%+), but some errors will have slipped through and even a single word can flip the meaning of a sentence. I therefore recommend checking the original audio if you are taking a quotation from the transcript. Please also see the next question.
Q. How do the transcripts handle interventions that were not made in English?
A. The transcripts use the recording of the English audio of the session. This means they transcribe what the interpreter said when the original speaker was not using English.
Q. I want to correct something in a transcript. How do I do that?
A. At the bottom of each transcript is a comment section that you can use to suggest corrections. Please mention who is speaking, the timestamp when the speaker started their intervention, the current incorrect wording and what it should be corrected to.
For example: United Kingdom speaking (01:05:14) – “red lorry, yellow lolly” should be “red lorry, yellow lorry”.
Q. It was me speaking. Can I correct what I (or the interpreter) said or replace the transcript with my country statement?
A. I would like the transcripts to accurately reflect what was heard in the meeting itself while also conveying country positions. If the transcript does not accurately reflect what can be heard on the English audio recording of the meeting then please let me know in the comments and I will edit the transcript accordingly. However, if your statement is different to what is heard on the audio recording then we can include that statement in the comments section or we can link to your country/organisation statement if the link isn’t already in the transcript. I would be happy to discuss solutions.
Q. How can I support the transcripts and help produce them more quickly in the future?
A. If you can assist through time or covering costs then I would very much welcome hearing from you. You can contact me via my LinkedIn page or leave a message for me below with your email address so I can reply (the comments are not immediately published, but instead come to me as a moderator first).