The General Assembly

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ISSUE: 3

QUESTION OF: Creation of a legal framework for the issue of cyber terrorism

CO-SUBMITTERS: Holy See, India, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Russia, Morocco, Malaysia, Gambia, Haiti, Cameroon

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

Fully aware of the present escalating threat of cyber terrorism to the global community,

Affirming that member states represented here today should act upon this threat in various ways while respecting certain basic privacy principles,

Drawing attention to the fact that cyber terrorism is a growing threat to the infrastructure of developing countries, and believing that the countries represented here today should take serious measures to combat cyber-terrorism,

Observing that even one individual can potentially wreak havoc on the world of informational technology, with relatively little funding, equipment, or experience,

Bearing in mind that the method of cyber terrorism is preferred by terrorist groups to conventional forms of terrorism because of: the difficulty for authorities to track this form of terrorism, the vast population this form of terrorism that can be affected, and the ease of carrying out this type of terrorism from anywhere around the world due to the absence of physical barriers or check points to cross,

1. Calls for all member states to recognize cyber terrorism as a political abuse of informational data while acknowledging cyber-crime as a non-politically motivated abuse;

2. Recommends the creation of The International Counter Cyber Terrorism Agency (ICCTA) that would be able to enact universal laws and establish jurisdiction over any instances of an international cyber terrorist attack independently of the state where these acts were committed in;

3.  Invites all Member States to inform the ICCTA of their views and assessments on the following questions and subsequently submit individual cases to the ICJ for prosecution:

a) General appreciation of the issues of cyber terrorism,

b) Definition of basic notions related to cyber terrorism,

c) Technological advances that may be useful in the fight against cyber terrorism;

4. Desires the ICCTA to carefully have access to an international database approved by participating governments, that allows them to monitor all suspicious activities connected to cyber terrorism in terms of the activities related to terrorist threat levels and areas of origin in cyberspace;

5. Encourages cooperation between the ICCTA and other significant intelligence agencies with extensive previous experience in preventing cyber terrorism, such as the CIA and Interpol;

6.  Recommends all member states to establish an emergency response plan in cooperation with the ICCTA in the case of a cyber-attack;

7.  Calls for policies to be kept up to date and made sure that they are strictly enforced;

8. Designates jurisdiction of domestic cases of cyber terrorism to the judicial system of the country involved;

9. Encourages the Security Council to impose sanctions upon nations that aid or fail to cooperate against cyber terrorism;

10.  Urges all member states to cooperate with each other and with the ICCTA by applying relevant international instruments in criminal matters;

11.  Further recommends all Member States to carefully consider the use of products and technologies with sufficient security levels when constructing a computer system of major importance;

12.  Supports the formation of the Association for the Counteraction of Cyber terrorism (ACC), which will:

a)  Manage and enforce the proposed clauses,

b)  Employ a task force of skilled computer experts to:

i.  Conduct research on international defenses against cyber terrorists,

ii.  Locate and arrest individuals convicted of cyber terrorism;

13.  Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.