Cuba calls on the UN to ensure safe and cooperative cyberspace

The event focused on analyzing the advances in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security.

On these issues, Cuban expert Miguel Gutierrez explained, norms of behavior that complement the principles of International Law and the United Nations Charter must be implemented urgently.

Among them, he said, are respect for the sovereign equality of States, territorial integrity, non-intervention in the internal affairs of States, and the non-use of force or the threats to use it, he said.

States have the main responsible for the preservation of international peace and security in this area, given its impact on the development and implementation of regulations and policies, Gutierrez said.

The expert, who works at the Cuban Communications Ministry, referred to a group of trends and threats that can be observed today in relation to ICTs and outlined how these technologies do not represent a threat in themselves, but rather their potential illicit uses that could affect international peace and security. (Prensa Latina)