Wednesday 14 April 2021
OPENING REMARKS
Good morning,
I am so pleased to be able to join you for part of this workshop, which Iâm confident will help us along the path to developing New Zealandâs national policy on the issue of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems.
In taking on this portfolio Iâve been keen to bring some strong political impetus to disarmament and arms control. I see my role, broadly, as being two-fold â ensuring that New Zealand continues to have a vibrant domestic community of activists, experts, and politicians dedicated to these issues, while also making sure the Government plays a proactive and constructive role in international, through the various avenues available to us. These are interdependent goals â New Zealand cannot contribute strongly internationally if we donât have the expertise to call on at home, but likewise few people will be willing to dedicate their lives to these matters if they perceive the Government as disi
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There’s hope that countries will lower their cyberattacks against other nations’ critical infrastructure thanks to a United Nations committee’s final report, but experts say it won’t completely stop attackers.
After nearly two years of deliberations, the Open-Ended Working Group (OWEG) on security in information and telecommunications technologies (ICTs) issued a report last month that agreed by consensus of 193 countries to follow voluntary and non-binding norms for responsible behaviour in cyberspace. Countries that agreed included Russia and China.
However, according to one Canadian commentator, Iran went so far as to “disassociate,” itself from it, given what it called the report’s “unacceptable content.” Josh Gold, a visiting fellow at the Canadian International Council, also noted in his blog Iran didn’t block consensus on the report.