North Macedonia

North Macedonia participated in Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) meetings on autonomous weapons systems for the first time in 2019, and again in 2020, when it chaired the CCW Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (GGE on LAWS). North Macedonia has described autonomous weapons systems as ‘one of the most pertinent security questions of today and tomorrow’.^[1]Statement by North Macedonia, CCW Meeting of High Contracting Parties, 14 November 2019, … Continue reading

North Macedonia has not yet declared its position on the negotiation of a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems. At the 2020 United Nations General Assembly First Committee meeting, North Macedonia stated that it ‘would like to highlight the need of urgent progress’ in addressing emerging technologies in the area of autonomous weapons systems.^[2]Statement by North Macedonia, UN General Assembly First Committee, 12 October 2021, https://reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/1com/1com20/statements/12Oct_NorthMacedonia.pdf At the 2019 CCW Meeting of High Contracting Parties, North Macedonia stated that it supports the negotiation of a ‘normative and operational framework’ on emerging technologies in the area of autonomous weapons systems.^[3]Statement by North Macedonia, CCW Meeting of High Contracting Parties, 14 November 2019, … Continue reading