Statements

Autonomous Weapons Meeting - 2020

Statements from the 2020 CCW Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapon systems

Monday, 21 September

Opening remarks

General statements

Tuesday, 22 September

Potential challenges posed by emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons systems to International Humanitarian Law (IHL)

Characterisation of the systems under consideration in order to promote a common understanding on concepts and characteristics relevant to the objectives and purposes of the Convention

European Union (Ms.)
United States (Ms.)
China (Mr.)
Japan (Mr.)
Argentina (Ms.)
Italy (Mr.)
Republic of Korea (Ms.)
Pakistan (Mr.)
Bulgaria (Mr.)
Netherlands (Mr.)
Egypt (Mr.)
Belgium (Ms.)
India (Mr.)
Venezuela (Ms.)
Switzerland (Mr.)
Ireland (Mr.)
Germany (Mr.)
Costa Rica (Ms.) (Spanish)
Algeria (Mr.)
Netherlands (Mr.)
France (Ms.)
European Union (Ms.)
United States (Ms.)
Spain (Mr.)
International Panel on the Regulation of Autonomous Weapons (iPRAW) (Ms.)
Germany (Mr.)
Spain (Mr.)
India (Mr.)

Further consideration of the human element in the use of lethal force; aspects of human-machine interaction in the development deployment and use of emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapon systems

European Union (Ms.)
Germany (Mr.)
Finland (Mr.)
Italy (Mr.)
New Zealand (Ms.)
Belgium (Ms.)
United States (Ms.)

Wednesday, 23 September

Sweden (Mr.)
Spain (Mr.)
Argentina (Ms.)
Algeria (Mr.)
Japan (Mr.)
Switzerland (Mr.)
Pakistan (Mr.)
India (Mr.)
China (Mr.)
Israel (Mr.)
Austria (Ms.)
ICRC (Mr.)
Cuban (Mr.)
United Kingdom (Mr.)
International Panel on the Regulation of Autonomous Weapons (iPRAW) (Ms.)
France (Mr.)
South Africa (Mr.)
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) (Ms.)
Ireland (Mr.)
Brazil (Mr.)
Mexico (Ms.)
Netherlands (Mr.)
United States (Mr.)
Portugal (Ms.)
Germany (Mr.)
Brazil (Mr.)

Presentation by Ambassador Janis Karklins of Latvia, former chair of the 2020 GGE on LAWS of his paper, following an interactive dialogue on the paper

On Chair's proposal to establish friends of the chair and hold informal consultations

Thursday, 24 September

Possible options for addressing the humanitarian and international security challenges posed by emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons systems in the context of the objectives and purposes of the Convention without prejudging policy outcomes and taking into account past, present and future proposals

Germany (Mr.)
Israel (Mr.)
China (Mr.)
Pakistan (Mr.)
France (Mr.)
Argentina (Ms.)
Sri Lanka (Ms.)
Switzerland (Mr.)
Japan (Mr.)
United States (Ms.)
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots (Ms.)
Netherlands (Mr.)
ICRC (Mr.)
Chile (Ms.)
India (Mr.)
Venezuela (Ms.)
South Africa (Mr.)
Austria (Ms.)
Brazil (Mr.)
Costa Rica (Ms.)
Ecuador (Mr.)
France (Ms.)
Mexico (Mr.)
Netherlands (Mr.)
United States (Ms.)

Friday, 25 September

Consensus recommendations in relation to the clarification, consideration and development of aspects of the normative and operational framework on emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons systems

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