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The document discusses the distinctions between Cyber War, Cyber Terrorism, and Cyber Crime, highlighting the increasing threat of cyber attacks exemplified by incidents like Stuxnet and the Anonymous hacks. It outlines the UN's efforts to address these issues, including the establishment of a Group of Governmental Experts and the adoption of Resolution 66/178. Norway's foreign cyber policy emphasizes the importance of cybersecurity, proposes strict consequences for violations of sovereignty, and suggests the creation of a Commission for Cyber Security and Cyberspace and UN cyber peacekeeping forces.

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Position Paper

The document discusses the distinctions between Cyber War, Cyber Terrorism, and Cyber Crime, highlighting the increasing threat of cyber attacks exemplified by incidents like Stuxnet and the Anonymous hacks. It outlines the UN's efforts to address these issues, including the establishment of a Group of Governmental Experts and the adoption of Resolution 66/178. Norway's foreign cyber policy emphasizes the importance of cybersecurity, proposes strict consequences for violations of sovereignty, and suggests the creation of a Commission for Cyber Security and Cyberspace and UN cyber peacekeeping forces.

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Committee- UNSC

Topic- Differentiating from Cyber War from Cyber Terrorism and Cyber Crime
Country- Norway
Delegate – Zoraiz Alraz

The world is constantly changing, but there are a few constants: war, crime, and terror, except that we
are now witnessing a new wave of such actions, "Cyber War, Cyber Crime, and Cyber Terrorism." It is
very important that countries and individuals alike realize the difference between such forms of cyber
attacks. Stuxnet, a cyber malware, knocked down an entire covert Iranian nuclear weapons factory in
2010. In addition, in February 2022, the notorious cyber group "Anonymous" hacked Russian state TV
networks and websites. What a country with nuclear weapons cannot do, that can be done by a person
with the internet and a laptop. The threat with cyber attacks is real and it is high time that we face it. (1)

The UN has recognized such issues and have taken few actions such as :

Following the adoption of Resolution 66/178 by the General Assembly in March 2012, the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime was asked to "develop specialized legal knowledge in the area of
counter-terrorism and to provide assistance to requesting Member States with regard to criminal justice
responses to terrorism, including, where appropriate, the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes."

In 2004, the UN established a Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) to develop norms of responsible
state behavior in cyberspace (2)

Norway's foreign cyber policy serves Norwegian interests by ensuring stable and predictable framework
conditions and contributing to the prevention and mitigation of cyber vulnerabilities and threats. The
Norwegian business sector is developing world-leading technology in a number of areas, in close
cooperation with research communities and thus it must come without doubt that we depend on our
cyber sector very much. Norway strictly opposes the idea of promoting cyber attacks as it believes that a
cyber operation that manifests itself on the territory of another State constitutes a violation of
sovereignty and depending on its nature, the scope of the incursion, and the repercussions, appropriate
actions should be held.(3)

Some of the solutions are :

1. Any country or organization that compromises other nations sovereignty and integrity will be
met with strict consequences, fines and sanctions if necessary.
2. Introduction of the Commision for Cyber security and cyberspace or CCSC, to be implemented by
the UN
3. Any cyber program made by a country should be reviewed and be given a certificate by the
CCSC to ensure that there are no malwares or viruses. The certificate should be renewed
annually.
4. An introduction of the UN cyber peacekeeping forces, a group of talented cyber analysts and
green-hat hackers who work for the UN.
5. Strict laws and fines against any cyber-crime and also increase in public awareness about the
cyberspace.

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