Homeland defense (HD) is the protection of U.S. territory, sovereignty, domestic population, and critical infrastructure against external threats and aggression.

Ms. Michele Markoff Senior Coordinator for International Critical Infrastructure Protection, Bureau of Political Military Affairs, Department of State United States of America

The French delegation mentioned the question of critical infrastructure.

Establish emergency and alternative networks to protect critical infrastructure

Transportation infrastructure is especially critical for the commercialization of technology.

Infrastructure as critical prerequisite for the development of a nation's S T System

Noting also that effective critical infrastructure protection includes, inter alia, identifying threats to and reducing the vulnerability of critical information infrastructures, minimizing damage and recovery time in the event of damage or attack, and identifying the cause of damage or the source of attack,

Investment in basic infrastructure is critical clean water, sanitation, healthcare, education, and durable shelter.

Adequate infrastructure is a critical requirement for the application and promotion of S T for development.

It is also critical that they create special mechanisms for the financing of subregional infrastructure projects.

The countries that neighbour areas of conflict will often play a critical role in affording protection to civilians, and their support is critical in ensuring effective humanitarian assistance and protection services.

Recognizing also that this growing technological interdependence relies on a complex network of critical information infrastructure components,

Likewise, the US needs the cooperation of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to host its critical radar infrastructure.

They form a sufficient critical mass, and have sufficient infrastructure undertaking R D in science and technology.

Governments are finding that the state of information security technologies is unsatisfactory from a critical infrastructure perspective.

This new government department brought the former Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) three main federal agencies with cybersecurity mandates into the same Ministry.

Information infrastructure is a key component of Canada's critical infrastructure, which includes the following sectors energy and utilities, communications and information technology, finance, health care, food, water, transportation, Government and manufacturing.

The nexus between urban expansion and climate protection is infrastructure. Upgrading urban infrastructure can drive economic growth and reduce carbon emissions at the same time.

The US is most concerned about cyber security and the protection of intellectual property and infrastructure.

58 199. Creation of a global culture of cybersecurity and the protection of critical information infrastructures

Where such attacks are targeted at a country's critical national infrastructure, such as power systems or transportation networks, the consequences may be disastrous.

Second, it can focus new resources in critical areas such as education, malaria, agriculture, and infrastructure, and ensure that most funding goes to well governed countries.

It was noted that, in cases where countries invested in technologies to upgrade state and other critical infrastructure, such as mobile telephone networks, new vulnerabilities would emerge.

Last year, together with Switzerland, France examined how useful it would be for the Conference on Disarmament to look at the question of sensitive or critical civilian infrastructure.

If any delegation wishes to raise the issue of critical infrastructure today, in this session, they can do so, and no delegation will say they cannot do so.

Some armed forces are already deploying specialized military units, trained and equipped to disable or even destroy critical infrastructure by means of invasion and sabotage of information networks.

The international legal infrastructure for environmental protection and management could therefore be regarded as an important tool for poverty eradication and conflict prevention.

4. Promote partnerships among stakeholders, both public and private, to share and analyse critical infrastructure information in order to prevent, investigate and respond to damage to or attacks on such infrastructures.

They are the ones responsible for providing safe water, garbage collection, safe housing, infrastructure, upgraded slums, protection from disasters, and emergency services when catastrophes hit.

Public investment in infrastructure (such as a massive expansion of the European railroad network), as well as climate protection and environmental technology, will be needed.

Recognizing that efforts to protect critical information infrastructures should be undertaken with due regard for applicable national laws concerning privacy protection and other relevant legislation,

Of all China s problems, none will be more critical over the long run than how it resolves the tension between economic development and environmental protection.

Over half the children in the developing world still live without the basic services, commodities and protection which are critical for their survival and development.

(iii) Capital investment upgrading the United Nations Headquarters campus network infrastructure with robust capabilities to support large and multiple user groups with diverse requirements for mission critical data, voice and video traffic

Initiatives include improving water supply management in and around Tarawa coastal management protection measures such as mangrove re plantation and protection of public infrastructure strengthening laws to reduce coastal erosion and population settlement planning to reduce personal risks.

If left unaddressed, the dual burden of communicable and non communicable diseases could jeopardize Africa s economic potential. To avoid this, three critical areas of health care must be addressed technology, infrastructure, and education.

Computer related crime often posed a threat to critical infrastructure, which in many countries was not controlled by the public sector, and such crime could have destabilizing effects on all segments of society.

There are several areas, such as a shared global telecommunications network and infrastructure, that are far more critical and have a greater potential to further reduce costs and streamline the United Nations system.

I think this debate has underlined the importance of mainstreaming protection, providing a clear focus for future action in addressing some of the critical gaps in implementation.

Gender sensitive budgets can increase resources for scaling up innovative and successful small scale projects and investing in infrastructure in critical areas for women,40 such as schools, health clinics, roads, water and sanitation.

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These activities will aim to create an environment conducive to sustainable return in sectors such as physical protection, water, sanitation, education, livelihoods, community infrastructure, reconciliation and coexistence projects.

Thus, self protection has assumed increased importance, which carries with it the potential to undermine cooperation on such critical issues as human rights, gender equality and health care.