Myanmar UN representative urges world to reject junta’s planned election

Mizzima

The NUG representative at the UN warned that Myanmar’s military junta has created a “digital dictatorship” using surveillance and censorship against dissidents and enabling cyber scams.

The text of the statement given by Myanmar’s UN Ambassador is as follows

Evolving cyber threats, their growing complexity and agility as well as the malicious use of information and communications technologies (ICT) pose significant threats to international peace and security. Against this backdrop, Myanmar underscores the urgency for international cooperation in addressing these challenges to maintain a secure and peaceful cyber space.

At the same time, we emphasize the need to tailor ICT security capacity-building to the needs of developing countries.

Myanmar welcomes the adoption by consensus of the Final Report of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on security of and in the use of ICT (2021-2025), under the Chairmanship of Ambassador Burhan of Singapore.