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On 1 November 2023, the First Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted the first ever resolution on autonomous weapons, stressing the “urgent need for the international community to address the challenges and concerns raised by autonomous weapons systems”. The…

In a landmark joint appeal, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mirjana Spoljaric have called on states to ‘urgently establish new international rules on autonomous weapons systems, to…

27 août 2018 Genève COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE: Négocier un traité d’interdiction pour conserver le contrôle humain sur l’usage de la force Avant la réunion de l’ONU, les appels se multiplient pour un traité d’interdiction des robots tueurs…

20 October 2015 New York PRESS RELEASE: Time for More Serious Action on Killer Robots – Decision on the Way Forward Due 13 November After two years of multilateral talks on questions relating to ‘lethal autonomous weapons systems’…

13 April 2015 Geneva PRESS RELEASE: Time to Move From Talk to Action on Killer Robots – Second United Nations meeting on the subject opens in Geneva Concerns about the prospect of weapons systems that would select…