Latvia

Latvia has attended all Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts meetings on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (GGE on LAWS) since 2014.

Latvia has not yet declared its position on the negotiation of a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems. At the 77th UN General Assembly First Committee meeting in October 2022, Latvia stated that it ‘supports efforts for tackling security challenges emerging from the new technologies, including those relating to lethal autonomous weapons systems, in the framework of the CCW.'^[1]Statement by Latvia, 77th UN General Assembly First Committee, 06 October 2022, https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1b/k1bl8m8o2l; please note that this link leads to the full recording & transcript … Continue reading

On 21 October 2016, at the United Nations General Assembly First Committee meeting, Latvia stated that it ‘appreciates continued discussions on LAWS’.^[2]Statement by Latvia, UN General Assembly First Committee, 21 October 2016, https://reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/1com/1com16/statements/21Oct_Latvia.pdf