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COMMITTEE: Security Council
ISSUE: Discussing a framework for international response in mitigating potential conflict
escalation in cyberspace
SUBMITERS: Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Iran, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, North
Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, USA

The Security Council,

Deeply alarmed by the potential cyberspace tension escalation,

Noting with regret the high frequency of state sponsored espionage,

Reaffirming the great losses which can be made from inadequate cyber security mechanisms
for both private corporations and governments,

Alarmed by the increasing number of unlawful uses of ICTs, especially cyber-attacks between
countries,

Expressing concern that states have increasingly been building capabilities in cyberspace
therefore increasing the risk of cyber conflict,

Reiterating the third component of the UN’s 16th Sustainable Development Goal of promoting

peace, justice and strong institutions, and thus strongly considering the UN’s role in the
establishment of regulation and control institutions in cyberspace,

Recognizing with compliance the work done by the Security Council in regards of fighting
terrorism, re-emphasizing concerns relating to the increased use of ICTs and the Internet by
terrorists and their supporters, and the need to report on and recommend measures to prevent
the criminal use of the Internet by ISIL, Al-Qaida, and associated individuals as it pertains to

existing sanctions, issues currently being studied by the 1267 Sanctions Monitoring team,

Aware of the growing threat regarding cyberspace and the potential cyber conflicts that

could result from it,

Alarmed by the effect cyber crimes have on the global economy and on individual economies

and companies,

1. Proposes the formation of an international forum, created using inspiration from the

International Atomic Energy Agency, with the following aims:
a. Promoting multilateral engagement,

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