China’s UN envoy calls for equality in shaping cyberspace norms

Name: How China censors the internet
Uploaded: 2021-06-30T12:00:22.000Z
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‘Small circles’ should not decide cybersecurity governance, and interference in nations’ internal affairs should be avoided, Zhang Jun tells UN Security Council

Countries should be more inclusive in the development of information and communication technologies, he says

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Zhang Jun argued that all countries should have the right to shape the digital realm. Photo: Xinhua

Amber Wang

Published: 8:00pm, 30 Jun 2021Updated: 10:41pm, 30 Jun 2021

China’s ambassador to the United Nations has called for equality in forming international norms for cyberspace, free from interference in countries’ internal affairs, amid its rivalry with the US over governance of the digital sphere.

Zhang Jun, China’s envoy, said at a UN Security Council meeting that all nations should uphold multilateralism and establish an open cybersecurity governance mechanism.

The mechanism should be accepted by all countries without influence from “small circles and group politics”, he said at the meeting on Tuesday.

“We should promote security through the maintenance of peace and prevent cyberspace from becoming a new battlefield,” he said.

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Zhang said that “the principles of sovereign equality, prohibition of the use of force, non-interference in internal affairs and peaceful settlement of disputes” should be respected.

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