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Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

A/RES/78/241View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

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

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2023–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/57
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
2025
A/RES/80/57

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2024
A/RES/79/62

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2023
A/RES/78/241

Lethal autonomous weapons systems

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Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2024
YearSymbolTitleMandate resolution
2024A/79/88Lethal autonomous weapons systems report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/78/241

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects
Conventional WeaponsLethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs
1
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;
2
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;
3
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;
4
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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