Thailand

Thailand is not a state party to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. It attended CCW meetings on autonomous weapons systems between 2014 and 2015.

Thailand is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement, which supports the negotiation of a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems. Thailand has not spoken independently on the need for a legally binding instrument. At the 2020 UN General Assembly First Committee meeting, the NAM stated that there is an ‘urgent need to pursue a legally binding instrument’ on autonomous weapons systems.^[1]Statement by Indonesia on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, UN General Assembly First Committee, 09 October … Continue reading