UN General Assembly
2014

ensues through the destabilization or destruction of States, the proliferation of violent and extremist groups and the tearing apart of nations, cultures and religions, thereby seriously jeopardizing regional and international peace and security. It is necessary to condemn the militarization of cyberspace and the illegal and covert interference in the information systems of some countries in order to use them in aggressive actions against third countries to stir up conflict, as well as global espionage on Governments and entire societies. The extraterritorial application of United States laws to the detriment of other sovereign nations is becoming increasingly aggressive and encourages the use of unilateral sanctions, in particular financial sanctions, as a tool of foreign policy. The use of its courts of justice to impose multimillion-dollar fines, including on its allies, under decisions that violate international law, has become a means of punishment and threat and a way to spuriously obtain financial resources. Governments, by failing to defend their own sovereignty and to apply their own laws so as to protect the standards of the international financial system and