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End to Use of Means of Information for Infringement upon Sovereignty of Other Countries Called for

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, October 26 (KCNA) -- The use of means of information for encroachment upon sovereignty and interference in internal affairs of other countries should be thoroughly rejected, urged a DPRK delegate in a speech made on Oct. 19 during the discussion of "information issue" on the agenda of the meeting of the Fourth Committee of the 59th UN General Assembly. He said:
    Some countries are more openly resorting to information activities to serve their political purpose of slandering and destabilizing those countries out of favor with them, turning their faces away from global issues pending an urgent solution including eradication of poverty. They are setting in motion media persons and means, spending a fabulous amount of funds for a psychological warfare to infuse their views on ideological and cultural value into other peoples.
    To use information means for a psychological war and as a leverage for ideological and cultural poisoning, whether it is large or small in its scale, runs counter to the efforts to build a fair international information order wanted by the world. The UN member nations should make deserved efforts to make information activities serve the purpose of promoting understanding, friendship and cooperation among countries and nations and ensuring a peaceful and stable life and the sustainable development of human being.
    If information is to fairly serve whole humankind, it is necessary to narrow down the gap between the developed countries and developing countries in IT and strengthen international cooperation in the efforts to increase the information capacity of developing countries.
    The DPRK appreciates the efforts made by the UN Department of Public Information to increase the national information capacity of developing countries as evidenced by a recent international information workshop organized for countries in Northeast Asia and expects that it will continue to make such efforts.