Committee: 3RD COMMITTEE OF THE GA (SOCHUM)

Country: UNITED KINGDOM

Topic Area A: Forced disappearance reminiscence of the 20th century vs. Reality

Topic Area B: Espionage infringement of the right to privacy or legitimate state practice?

Topic Area A: Forced disappearance reminiscence of the 20th century vs. Reality

Honourable chairs, distinguished delegates,

First of all the delegate of the United Kingdom is honoured to be part of this conference and would like to express her deeply concern and willingness to participate in order to eradicate the main problems in this day and age. It is of the utmost importance that all governments are aware of the fact that the world is facing more and more problems and it is high time we did something at least to diminish them.

The UK fully supports the need to protect all people from enforced disappearance and was supportive of the aims of the convention upon its adoption in 2006. However, the convention imposes detailed and complex requirements on those states which choose to sign and ratify it and the Government are considering how the provisions of the Treaty might be implemented in the UK. The UK only signs a treaty once it is confident it can properly implement it and once any necessary changes to legislation have been made so that domestic law is compatible with the treaty.

Comparing the situation to the 20th Century, all governments can declare that this issue is getting worse by every year that passes. Moreover, who is going to help us? The UK government is fully aware of the threats that the forced disappearance is posing on the society nowadays, and declares it a major issue.

Based on its economy, The United Kingdom is the sixth-largest economy in the world with a high per capita. Furthermore by acknowledgeing that, this governments declares itself open to any alliances and willing to help each and every country in need, as long as the UK government can.

Regarding the solution to this outrageous problem, the delegate ofUnited Kingdom strongly suggests that the forced disappearance issue be brought to a minimum level. How will this be possible? By co-operating, and mostly bny finding practical solutions. Everything is easy when speaking theoretically, but it is high time we take measures and make alliances. The United Kingdoms government declared We are a moderate, pragmatic people, more comfortable with practice than theory. Moreover, this delegate urges all governments to start an informative campaign, so that all nations are aware of what is actually going on around them.

Concluding, the honourable delegate of the United Kingdom would like to mention that is high time we faced reality. Our time is now, and nothing seems to stop us. So why hesitate? Combining all the power, this delegate believes that we begin a battle today, for the brighter tomorrow. In tomorrow's world we must all work together as hard as ever, if we're truly to be United Nations

Topic Area B: Espionage infringement of the right to privacy or legitimate state practice?

Honourable chairs, distinguished delegates,

First, this delegate is extremely honoured to be part in this conference, and believes that our work in this week will not be forgotten.

One of the major issues our world is presently dealing with is the ESPIONAGE, a process that involves human sources (agents) or technical means to obtain information that is not normally publically available. lt may also involve seeking to influence decision makers and opinion-formers to benefit the interests of a foreign power. In the past, espionage activity was typically directed towards obtaining political and military intelligence. These targets remain of high value but in today's technology-driven world, the intelligence requirements of a number of countries are wider than before. They now include communications technologies, IT, genetics, defence, aviation, electronics and many other fields. Intelligence services, therefore, are targeting commercial as well as government-related organisations. They sometimes do this on behalf of state-owned or sponsored companies in their own countries.

The UK is a high priority espionage target. Many countries actively seek UK information and material to advance their own military, technological, political and economic programmes. The activities of the intelligence agencies identified as posing the greatest threat are subject to particular scrutiny. As we become more reliant on the internet in our everyday lives the threat from cyber espionage will only increase. To that end the Government has published a UK Cyber Security Strategy. This will help the UK to retain its balance of advantage in cyberspace. MI5 recognises the importance of this growing threat, as highlighted by former Director General Sir Jonathan Evans in a public speech that he gave at the Mansion House in June 2012.

The Security Service has a dedicated branch which is responsible for counter-espionage and countering cyber threats. We are also heavily engaged in protective security work, which helps to counter both terrorism and espionage.

But that is not enough. It is high time we, all governments allied in order to put a stop to this issue that is causing more and more problems everyday.Concluding, the honourable delegate of United Kingdom is willing to make alliances and do her best in order to diminish this major problem.