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MASUD-CYBER-CAPACITY
Bangladesh for capacity building in cyber space
DHAKA, Sept 11, 2019 (BSS) – The Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to
the United Nations Ambassador Masud Bin Momen has put some specific proposals
for defining international rules of the road and capacity building in cyber
space.
He placed the proposals while speaking at the First Substantive Session of
the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on developments in the field of
information and telecommunications in the context of international security
on Monday at the UN Headquarters in New York, according to a message received
here today.
Masud said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a side-event during the high-
level week of the UNGA in September 2018 pledged “Bangladesh’s support for
promoting a culture of cyber security at the UN and beyond… [and]
demonstrate strong political resolve to create a secure, stable, peaceful,
inclusive and accessible cyber space for our future generations”.
Mentioning that Bangladesh targets to have at least 1,000 cyber security
experts by 2021, the ambassador said, “We need enhanced capacities in areas
of defending cyber-attacks, creating awareness, and developing reliable
early-warning systems through information sharing across Governments and
major Tech firms”.
He stressed the need for constant engagements for sharing best practices
in those areas.
Masud also emphasized on public-private partnership to tackle cyber issues.
ICT is playing a critical role in Bangladesh’s sustainable development
journey and fulfilling Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s dream to turn
Bangladesh into a digitally advanced middle-income country by 2021 and a
developed country by 2041, the ambassador said.
“Bangladesh is now offering over a hundred important public services to
our citizens through One-stop Digital Centres in rural areas, he added.
Earlier in a side event jointly organised by Germany, Switzerland, Mexico,
Ghana, Singapore and Bangladesh on UN’s efforts to promote stability in
cyberspace at the Permanent Mission of Germany, Masud elaborated on some of
the key priorities of Bangladesh in the works of the OEWG.
The General Assembly has approved the OEWG on Developments in the field of
information and telecommunications in the context of international security
on 5 December 2018 under its resolution 73/27.
BSS/PR/SAH/RY/1947 hrs