Aviation in the Digital Age by Ruwantissa Abeyratne

Author:Ruwantissa Abeyratne
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030482183
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

10.1.2.4 General United Nations Resolutions

In 2001, The United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 55/63. Combating the criminal misuse of information technologies9 where the Assembly, inter alia had its starting point as the recognition that reliance on information technologies, while it may vary from State to State, has resulted in a substantial increase in global cooperation and coordination, with the result that the criminal misuse of information technologies may have a grave impact on all States, and that that gaps in the access to and use of information technologies by States can diminish the effectiveness of international cooperation in combating the criminal misuse of information technologies. The Resolution noted the need to facilitate the transfer of information technologies, in particular to developing countries along with the necessity of preventing the criminal misuse of information technologies and the need for cooperation between States and private industry in combating the criminal misuse of information technologies.

The role played by legislatures around the world was highlighted in the Resolution where it sated that legal systems should protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and computer systems from unauthorized impairment and ensure that criminal abuse is penalized and that those systems must permit the preservation of and quick access to electronic data pertaining to particular criminal investigations. It also recognized that the general public should be made aware of the need to prevent and combat the criminal misuse of information technologies. States are invited to take into account the above-mentioned measures in their efforts to combat the criminal misuse of information technologies.

In 2002 the United Nations adopted Resolution 56/121: Combating the criminal misuse of information technologies Which invited Member States, when developing national law, policy and practice to combat the criminal misuse of information technologies, to take into account, as appropriate, the work and achievements of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and of other international and regional organizations. The Resolution took note of the value of the measures set forth in its resolution 55/63, and again invited Member States to take them into account in their efforts to combat the criminal misuse of information technologies.

Of grave importance to United Nations efforts at cybersecurity is Resolution 57/239: Creation of a global culture of cybersecurity where in limine The General Assembly noted the growing dependence of Governments, businesses, other organizations and individual users on information technologies for the provision of essential goods and services, the conduct of business and the exchange of information and recognized the need for cybersecurity increases as countries increase their participation in the information society. According to this Resolution, effective cybersecurity is not merely a matter of government or law enforcement practices, but must be addressed through prevention and supported throughout society and that technology alone cannot ensure cybersecurity and that priority must be given to cybersecurity planning and management throughout society. Embodied in this view was the recognition that in a manner appropriate to their roles, government, business, other organizations, and individual owners and users of information technologies must

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