Supports the negotiation of a legally binding instrument.
Côte d’Ivoire has participated in a number of Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems meetings (GGE on LAWS).
Côte d’Ivoire is a member of the African Group within the United Nations, and is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). The African Group and the NAM support the negotiation of a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems. Cote d’Ivoire has not spoken independently on the need for a legally binding instrument. At the third session of the 2021 meeting of the CCW Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (GGE on LAWS), the African Group stated that autonomous weapons systems raise a number of ‘ethical, legal, moral and technical questions’, and that it looks forward to ‘concrete policy recommendations including elements of a legally binding instrument, stipulating prohibitions and regulations’ on autonomous weapons systems.[1]Statement by the African Group, CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS, 3rd December 2021: http://149.202.215.129:8080/s2t/UNOG/LAWS3-03-12-2021-AM_mp3_en.html; please note that this link leads to … Continue reading
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| ↑1 | Statement by the African Group, CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS, 3rd December 2021: http://149.202.215.129:8080/s2t/UNOG/LAWS3-03-12-2021-AM_mp3_en.html; please note that this link leads to the full recording & transcript of the relevant meeting. |
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