Essays on Ecosoc

Cyber Defense

Background In the recent past, there has been an increasing reliance on technology to undertake numerous aspects of social, political, and economic lives in many countries across the globe. While the reliance on technology has had a positive impact on many aspects of our lives, that reliance also inherently attracts threats such as cyberterrorism. Consequently, cyber defense becomes a crucial element for nations. Cyber defense refers to the deliberate steps taken by governments to protect information that they hold to be sensitive. Cyber threats are not just a danger to the individual countries such as the U.S. that have ...

The vision of a united world has always been a dream to many, especially in the times of the two Great Wars. Peace, collective security and equal development for all had been the key objectives of world leaders in the establishment of an international organization that would embody these ideals. Each nation had attempted to make their own interpretation of this goal with several known regional organizations, but what had been the crowning glory was the creation of the United Nations after the Second World War. Since its establishment, the world had clear hopes with the UN as the body that ...

The idea of ​​establishing an international organization to monitor the processes of integration in the world community came up about 100 years ago (Mazower 5); however, the first half of the XX century was marked by two world wars, which greatly complicated the peaceful development of most countries. On October 24, 1945 51 countries, determined to keep the peace through international cooperation and collective security, ensured creation of the United Nations (United Nations Official Website). Currently, it is the most ambitious and comprehensive international organization which covers almost all spheres of human activities, from human rights to environmental issues. ...