Threats to international peace and security - Security Council, 9779th meeting

Threats to international peace and security - Security Council, 9779th meeting.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:01:22
• Production Date: 8 November 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: TEDROS GHEBREYESUS
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: CRIME PREVENTION; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY; SECURITY SITUATIONS; TERRORISM; CYBER SECURITY; TECHNOLOGY; SECURITY SECTOR REFORM; COMPUTER CRIMES; ORGANIZED CRIME; TRANSNATIONAL CRIME; HEALTH SERVICES; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; CRIME; HEALTH PROGRAMMES; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; HOSTAGES
• MAMS Id: 3306456
• Parent Id: 3303656

Description

Ransomware attacks on hospitals and healthcare systems can be “issues of life and death” and pose a serious threat to international security, the head of the UN health agency told the Security Council, as several delegates echoed his calls for international cooperation to address one of today’s most damaging cyberthreats, while others questioned whether the 15‑nation organ was the appropriate forum for the meeting. 

Briefer: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO) 

Briefer: Mr. Eduardo Conrado, President, Ascension 

Statements: All Council members 

Statement: His Excellency Stavros Lambrinidis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations 

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