Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99General and complete disarmament, published in 2023.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2023–2025

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What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics

Conventional Weapons Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2024.

2024A/79/88Lethal autonomous weapons systems report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs

Stresses the urgent need for the international community to address the challenges and concerns raised by autonomous weapons systems, in particular through the Group of Governmental Experts on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, and to continue to further its understanding of the issues involved;

Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States and observer States on lethal autonomous weapons systems, inter alia, on ways to address the related challenges and concerns they raise from humanitarian, legal, security, technological and ethical perspectives and on the role of humans in the use of force, and to submit a substantive report reflecting the full range of views received with an annex containing these views, to the General Assembly at its seventy-ninth session for further discussion by Member States;

Also requests the Secretary-General to invite the views of international and regional organizations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, civil society, the scientific community and industry to include these views in the original language received in the annex of the aforementioned report;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-ninth session the item entitled “Lethal autonomous weapons systems”.

50th (resumed) plenary meeting

22 December 2023

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