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November 14, 2024 Statement

Statement to Convention on Conventional Weapons Annual Meeting Discussion on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Deputy Director of Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division

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October 29, 2024 Commentary

Binding Rules Urgently Needed for Killer Robots

Campaign to Stop Killer Robots robot at the United Nations in New York in October 2019. 
August 26, 2024 News Release

Killer Robots: New UN Report Urges Treaty by 2026

States Need to Open Negotiations in New Forum to Meet Deadline

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
June 4, 2024 Commentary

Australia Needs to Act on Killer Robots

Commit to Negotiating New International Law

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May 6, 2024 News Release

Submission to the United Nations Secretary-General on Autonomous Weapons Systems

Campaign to Stop Killer Robots press briefing at the United Nations in New York in October 2019.
May 2, 2024 News Release

Resounding Support for a ‘Killer Robots’ Treaty

Governments Should Raise Autonomous Weapons Concerns with UN

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg welcomes participants to the international “Humanity at the Crossroads” conference on autonomous weapons systems, in Vienna on April 29-30, 2024
January 15, 2024 Commentary

France Should Commit to an International Treaty on Autonomous Weapons

Campaign to Stop Killer Robots robot at the United Nations in New York in October 2019. 
January 3, 2024 News Release

Killer Robots: UN Vote Should Spur Action on Treaty

Guterres Should Seek to Tackle Autonomous Weapons Systems

Campaign to Stop Killer Robots robot at the United Nations in New York in October 2019. 
October 6, 2023 Dispatches

Protect Humanity from Killer Robots

UN Chief, International Red Cross President Urge Ban on Autonomous Weapons Systems

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July 7, 2023 Commentary

Video: Weapons Explainer Series

Incendiary Weapons
June 6, 2023 Dispatches

Palestinian Forum Highlights Threats of Autonomous Weapons

Forum Tackles Digital Rights Abuses Against Palestinians

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May 30, 2023 Commentary

Cluster Munition Convention Offers Roadmap for New Autonomous Weapons Treaty

Delegates applaud the adoption of the Convention on Cluster Munitions at the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on May 30, 2008.
May 15, 2023 Statement

General Statement to the Convention on Conventional Weapons GGE Meeting on Lethal Autonomous Weapons

Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher

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March 8, 2023 Statement

Expert Panel on the Social and Humanitarian Impact of Autonomous Weapons at the Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Autonomous Weapons

Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher

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March 6, 2023 Commentary

Latin America and Caribbean Nations Rally Against Autonomous Weapons Systems

Regional Solidarity Crucial in Future Treaty Negotiations

Costa Rican Ambassador to the United Nations Martiza Chan and Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Christian Guillermet-Fernandez present newly adopted Belén Communiqué.

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