ORAL PLENARY STATEMENT
Elevation International Holdings “Private Sector Contributions to Countering Cybercrime and Shared Responsibility”

Hanoi convention 2025 Official plenary statement

Theme: Countering Cybercrime — Sharing Responsibility and Securing Our Future

Your Excellency, Luong Cuong, representing the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, His Excellency António Guterres;

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to whom I extend special thanks and recognition;

Excellencies, Distinguished Ambassadors, Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen —
On behalf of the organisation I represent, I thank you for this privilege.

We call it cybercrime. But in truth, what we face is an invisible war — one that redraws economies without treaties, topples reputations without armies, and threatens sovereignty without borders. The war is already here. The question is no longer whether it exists, but whether we are prepared to neutralize it.

The United Nations has consistently shown the power of cooperation. Through peacekeeping, through the growing
architecture of cybersecurity, and now through the stewardship of artificial intelligence, the UN has affirmed that global security is a collective duty. As Secretary-General Guterres has said, “we are stronger when we act together.” And as Jean-Pierre’s peacekeeping record shows, collaboration is not sentiment, but structure, built daily through discipline.

When transnational teams dismantled ransomware networks by seizing servers and freezing assets, they revealed the pattern clearly: cybercrime thrives where cooperation ends, and it collapses where cooperation endures. The importance of today’s signing in Hanoi lies in this — it must not be just a photograph. It must be remembered as the moment strategies hardened into durable structures.

I propose three pillars for that compact:

First: Real-time intelligence and joint response.

Attackers move at machine speed; our cooperation must match their pace. Interoperable threat-intelligence channels, standing protocols, and joint readiness drills will ensure that an attack in one nation is not endured alone, but answered by all.

Second: Resilience standards for critical services.

Hospitals, power grids, and municipalities are not optional assets; they are the lifeblood of sovereignty. Enforceable baselines for protection, coupled with financing for weaker states, must ensure continuity of service against disruption.

Third: Public–private alignment with financial disruption. Cybercrime is commerce. It exploits private software, vendor chains, and weak financial controls. Governments and corporations must act together — hardening supply chains, accelerating asset seizure, and cutting off illicit financial flows. Remove the profit, and you neutralize the enterprise.

These are not theories; they are mechanics of survival. And they require all actors: sovereign states, international bodies, and yes, private corporations with the capabilities and reach to act beyond borders.

Elevation International Holdings, the organisation I stand for, is such an actor. It is discreet, yet global in scope. Its architecture runs deep into private security, defence solutions, and intelligence support for sovereigns and for the world’s most exposed decision-makers. It exists, often unseen, in the margins where security, diplomacy, and commerce intersect. It does not compete for recognition, but for results. And today, it steps forward — not to seek permission, but to extend alignment.

For my homeland, Nigeria, I hold only appreciation. Under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria is advancing its cybersecurity posture and reinforcing resilience. But my presence here today is not a national mission. It is the mission of an enterprise that serves sovereigns and the elite alike, a private structure that understands this simple truth: in an era of invisible wars, security can no longer wait for consensus.

Hanoi will not be remembered for its ceremonies. It will be remembered for its alignments, for the alliances forged here, and for the architectures of trust that emerge from this gathering.

Some will leave with promises. A few will leave with partnerships. History will mark the difference.

Thank you.