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also emphasizes that the International Telecommunication Union has an important
role to play in the intergovernmental debate on cybersecurity issues.
Ecuador
[Original: Spanish]
[28 July 2017]
Ecuador considers that security in international relations must be based on
trust and respect among States. The continuing revelations about massive and
indiscriminate systems of espionage that are being used to monitor the
communications of all citizens all over the world, as well as the use of information
and communications technologies in a manner that violates international law,
infringe the principles of respect for sovereignty and non -interference in the internal
affairs of States. Moreover, those actions inject a serious element of instability into
the relations between States and therefore affect international security. These
systems of espionage also violate various fundamental human rights.
For that reason, Ecuador supports the efforts made to continue studying
existing and potential threats in the field of information security and possible
cooperative measures to address them, as well as the way in which international law
should be applied to the use of information and communications technologies by
States, and also the norms, rules and principles of responsible State behaviour in
this area.
El Salvador
[Original: Spanish]
[24 May 2017]
In compliance with its obligations to the United Nations, El Salvador has the
honour to report, in connection with General Assembly resolution 71/28 on
developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of
international security, that, in 2016, the El Salvador Armed Forces acquired a
system for encrypting institutional documentation in order to strengthen information
security. The system is in the process of being implemented.
Estonia
[Original: English]
[31 May 2017]
Estonia recognizes that security in the cyberworld has become a very
important issue in the context of wider international security. The role and
involvement of the United Nations is therefore becoming increasingly relevant.
Security on the Internet has been one of the high priorities of the Estonian
Government. The main guiding document on this issue is the national cybersecurity
strategy (2014-2017). The Cyber Security Council of the Security Committee of the
Government supports strategic-level inter-agency cooperation and oversees the
implementation of the objectives of the cybersecurity strategy. The Cooperative
Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was
established in Tallinn and as of May 30th 2017, it has 20 contributing Member
States.
Estonia is convinced that the broad use of digital services demands a high
level of cybersecurity. For Estonia, the socioeconomic and politico -military aspects
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