French Republic Policy Statement In the past few months, America was revealed of one of its most notorious

scandal in modern day diplomatic history. An American surveillance program called PRISM, in the name of fighting terrorists, is capable of monitoring private cellular and Internet communications across the globe. Such was revealed by a French press by the name of e Monde, along with several other media such as !er Spiegel and the "ashington Post. PRISM proved to be a particularly cost#effective strategy compared to $ust about any other form of global power pro$ection, fulfilling the greatest imperial dream of all% to be omniscient not $ust for a few islands, or a couple of countries, as in the &old "ar era, but on a truly global scale. 'o France(s great astonishment, as one of America(s closest allies, France was also under America(s surveillance program. "ithin a month, "ashington(s )ational Security Agency had scooped up *+ million digital communications inside France ,from !ec. -+, .+-., to /an. 0, .+-1.2&ommunications that were monitored include phone calls made by French citi3ens, business elites, and even French government officials. France holds the value that in the name of friendship, countries should owe each other honesty, and we strongly believes that such practices of monitoring, if proven, do not have their place between allies and partners.4 French never suspected our allies and spied on their embassies. 5owever, America, with its great ambition, intended to monitor the entire world. "ashington spied on numerous institutes that are unli6ely for terrorist activities, including the 7uropean 8nion(s offices in 9russels and "ashington. 'hese actions clearly show what America(s true intentions are, and :preventing terrorist activities: has been proven to be a clever deception. "e are aware of the fact that the American monitoring state is not only an omnipresent reality, but could be traced bac6 to a deep history of American surveillance tradition. For well over a century, the American have developed a :surveillance blowbac6: from their e;periences of coloni3ation and wars. 9ac6 in the late -<th century in the Philippines, America established the world=s first :surveillance state: to monitor and pacify the Filipinos. So :effective: these measures were, that this illiberal practice moved homeward to America, and ensured the creation of an even more massive and omnipresent security and surveillance apparatus, posing threats to people(s privacy rights all over the world in modern age. 'here is a great difference between data collection and spying. !ata collection is performed under legitimate condition, in the name of security and counter#terrorism. It could as well protect the scientific, economic

potential of a country, and fight criminality. In other words, it is a selfless effort with an eye to promote the welfare of the international community. France sees the necessity of such measures being put into practice, and has been using such strategies to combat terrorism and crime in the past decades. "hereas spying is an unfriendly action, deliberately ta6en in order to satisfy the country(s never#ending thirst of power, infringing the rights of individuals and other countries( governments at the same time. "hile data collection is appropriate under certain circumstances, France believes that spying should by no means be tolerable. France is a country that pri3es privacy rights, and believes that such rights could be secured only through the strengthening of international cooperation. "e would gladly wor6 with other member states to reach a consensus on defining and regulating the appropriate use of data collection, with a view to reaffirm the rights and values of every human person.