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12 Countries Resist Ban On Autonomous Weapons
['David Manners']
Electronics Weekly
Data compiled by Automated Decision Research, the monitoring and research team of Stop Killer Robots, finds that another 53 nations have yet to take a clear stance, while 127 countries, including most of Africa and Latin America, support the ban.
These positions have been listed following discussions at UN General Assembly and Certain Conventional Weapons meetings.
At present, there is no single law or legally-binding treaty that bans the use of lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS), which have been used in conflict zones like Ukraine and Libya.
In 2024, the UN GA resolution A/79/408 saw 166 countries supporting restrictions on LAWS, while Belarus, Korea, and Russia opposed, and 15, including Ukraine, abstained.
The UN Office for Disarmament Affairs has condemned LAWS as “politically unacceptable and morally repugnant,” and UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for their prohibition under international law