Poland

Poland has participated in all Convention on Certain Conventional Weapon (CCW) meetings on autonomous weapons systems. At the CCW Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (GGE on LAWS) in 2019, it said that it is ‘aware of existing advanced artificial intelligence that is being developed and used for other purposes. One should not ban technology that can save lives, but should reflect on possible use of it in combat.’^[1]Statement by Poland, CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS, 25 March 2019, https://conf.unog.ch/digitalrecordings/index.html?embed=-h&mrid=51FC08C4-6844-4C99-B90C-2F50815D580A#linkto-10376

Poland does not support the negotiation of a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems. At the CCW GGE on LAWS in 2021, Poland stated that the forum ‘is not ready yet to elaborate an international instrument which would in any form put legal controls over weapons systems originating from emerging technologies in the area of autonomous weapons systems. Such an instrument and its far-reaching implications could seriously undermine technological advancements and the search for innovations in the commercial sector that benefit economic growth and the quality of human life.’^[2]Statement by Poland, CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS, 03 December 2021, http://149.202.215.129:8080/s2t/UNOG/LAWS3-03-12-2021-PM_mp3_en.html; please note that this link leads to the full … Continue reading Poland is a member of the European Union which supports a ‘normative and operational framework’ for autonomous weapons systems.^[3]Statement by European Union, United Nations General Assembly First Committee, 09 October 2020, https://reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/1com/1com20/statements/9Oct_EU.pdf