It was suggested that the penultimate sentence of the paragraph should read as follows: “In the preparation of the Model Law, the principle of technology neutrality was observed by the UNCITRAL Working Group on Electronic Commerce, although it was aware that `digital signatures', that is, those electronic signatures obtained through the application of dual-key cryptography, were a particularly widespread technology.” The suggestion was objected to on the grounds that the role of public key cryptography should not be overemphasized.
On a proposé de modifier comme suit l'avant-dernière phrase du paragraphe: “Lors de l'élaboration de la Loi type, le Groupe de travail de la CNUDCI sur le commerce électronique a respecté le principe de la neutralité technologique, bien qu'il fût conscient que les “signatures numériques”, c'est-à-dire les signatures électroniques obtenues par la cryptographie à deux clefs, constituaient une technique particulièrement répandue”.