Topic: Militarization of the Internet
Country: Iran
Delegate Name: Sasawat Prankprakma
School: Forest Hills Central High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Iran position papers GLIMUN 2013 committees
The internet is here. There is no changing that. Some imperialist powers attempt to use the internet for their own gain, often disregarding the privacy and security of their fellow citizens of planet Earth. We can change that.
Iran in particular has suffered many unprovoked attacks through connected devices that have been perpetrated by the Zionist Entity and its accomplices. Despite one of the Zionist Entity’s closest allies, the United States declaring in 2011 that cyber-attacks represent an “act of war,” they clearly have not applied this rule fairly in their actions and reactions. The Zionist Entity and its accomplices have caused physical damage in their cyber-attacks such as Stuxnet, violating Article 2 Paragraph 4 of the UN Charter.
More recently, the United States’ vast espionage program has been brought into the light. It was revealed that they were spying against some of their closest allies, which should be great concern even to those who might have brushed off our previous accusations against the United States.
We must clearly define the laws of war as they relate to the internet. The regrettable actions of the Zionist Entity, the United States, and other governments should not be allowed to continue. Countries that unprovokedly attack others through the internet should feel repercussions for their actions.
We must strengthen privacy against the United States. There must be more international cooperation in the fields of cryptography and trusted computing. The internet must be made less US-centric. We aim to help develop and make available ways for countries to defend themselves against cyberwarfare threats. Imperialist powers are scared of the ability of their victims to counter their nefarious attacks, as exampled by the Zionist Entity’s murder of our head of Cyberwarfare defense. We believe that building security in to further development of technology is the best way forward, not just for us, but for everyone that cares about peace on Earth.
