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Media Note September 22, 2024 This Joint Statement was originally announced on March 30, 2023, at the second Summit for Democracy, with an inaugural group of eleven likeminded partners. Since then, it has been updated twice to reflect additional countries that have endorsed this first-of-its kind multilateral commitment to work collectively to counter the proliferation and misuse of commercial spyware. On March 18, 2024, at the third Summit for Democracy, Finland, Germany, Japan, Poland, the Republic of Ireland, and the Republic of Korea joined, and on September 22, 2024, on the margins of the UN General Assembly, Austria, Estonia, Lithuania,…