CODE: ***SAMPLE WORKING PAPER – 2002 NMUN***COMMITTEE: Economic and

Sociacl Plenary
TOPIC: Combating organized cybercrime.

Sponsors: Argentina, Colombia, Philippines, Mexico

Signatories: Morocco, UAE

1. Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice-CCPJC.

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3. Reminding the plenary that cybercrime has cost $8 trillion USD globally in 2023,
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5. Condemning the abuse of ICTs and related technologies to attack critical civilian
infrastructures,
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7. Acknowledging the potential of ICTs to bolster cybersecurity and promote
disarmament,
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9. Reminding the committee that cybercrimes are a transnational issue,
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11. Recognizing the increasing threat of the spread of misinformation and
disinformation on COVID-19,
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13. Bearing in mind the disparities in cybersecurity technology and personnel among
war-torn and developing states,

14. Recognizing the need for a voluntary fund to provide developing states access to
improved technology to combat cyberattacks,
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16. 1. Deplores the fact that many people across the world are at risk for due to
cyberattacks;
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18. 2. Further encourages the mainstreaming of a human rights perspective in
cybersecurity by reforming the Open-Ended Working Group, including:
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(a) Reforming the OEWG to promote broad stakeholder involvement to
promote decision-making based on lived experiences;
(b) Adopting a similar framework to the UN Ad Hoc Committee on
Cybercrime to promote stakeholder involvement at all levels of
decision-making;
(c) Encouraging cyberattacks on critical civilian infrastructures to be
treated as violations of human rights;

20. 3. Urges the creation of a report by UNESCO to determine what

21. regions need educational assistance and how more developed States
22. and international organizations may assist:
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24. 4. Supports a voluntary treaty banning State actor cyberattacks.
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26. 5. Stresses the importance of international cooperation to establish secure
information transfers:
27. (a) Implementing encryption technology and algorithms to safeguard
communications;
(b) Encouraging the creation of digital safety campaigns to spread
awareness of the threat of cybercriminals and schemes;
(c) Creating training programs for digital users to provide knowledge on
how to detect rudimentary websites, files, and other click-to-open
attachments;
28. 6. Recommends that a voluntary fund is established that provides developing
States with access to cybersecurity technology.