Cyber Security Competition; From Defeat to Defeat

A subject is presented in the United Nations when it enjoys the least convergence of the views, and then the Secretary General sets about to form an expert group to investigate all the aspects of the subject in order to make some improvements. The number of the members of this group is limited (nearly 20 countries) and should be formed by the Secretary General based ona fair geographical distribution. These groups' activities are of significance from different points and help forming of the international norms within the subject. Since 2004, five expert groups have been formed in cyber field. The first was formed in 2004 and ended its mission in 2005 by confessing to the failure in its mission. The reason of failure was reported as the complexity of the subjects. But the real reason of failure was rooted in the power relations among the main actors of this field and especially America's sabotages. The second group, formed in 2009, could reach a unanimous vote about report: the actual and potential threats in the field of cyber security are of the most serious challenges of the 21st century. The most important output of the third group, formed in 2011, was the agreement over this principal point that, the international rights, particularly United Nations Charter, can be applied for the cyber space. The fourth group was formed in 2014 and ended its mission in 2015. This report has addressed some important issues such as the necessity of government surveillance on the use of information and communication technology and etc. The fifth group of the experts was formed in 2016 and ended its mission in 2017 by confessing to its failure because of the conflict of interests of the cyber powers of the world, and therefore veiled the results of the efforts of previous groups in ambiguity. Thus, the first and the last group of governmental experts fell victim to American sabotages and couldn't generally be efficient in collection and formation of the norms and rights of the cyber security; hence, this increasingly unsecure situation of cyber space which finds new and enormous aspects day after day. Iran has never been a part of any of these expert groups.