TY - JOUR AU - JLCW Research Desk TI - The UN's Global Mechanism on ICTs Meets Reality: Geopolitical Fault Lines at the First Substantive Plenary JO - Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare PY - 2026 UR - https://www.jlcw.org/articles/un-global-mechanism-icts-first-substantive-plenary-2026 AB - The summer of 2026 was meant to mark a turning point in the long and fitful effort to establish durable multilateral governance of cyberspace. After six rounds of time-bound groups of governmental experts (GGEs) and two open-ended working groups (OEWGs), the United Nations had finally agreed — at… ER -