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In December 2016, states agreed to formalize their deliberations on lethal autonomous weapons systems at the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW).

The UN Secretary - General himself spoke about autonomous weapons systems at the board's meeting on 7 March and encouraged its members to continue looking at what -LSB-...]

Heyns will address the third meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems at the Convention on Conventional Weapons, which opens at the UN in Geneva on 11 April.

Sep. 29: Campaign coordinator Mary Wareham speaks on a panel on lethal autonomous weapons systems at a conference on emerging technologies held by the PIR Center and diplomatic academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Nov. 13: Nations agree to hold a third meeting in 2016 to continue deliberations on lethal autonomous weapons systems at the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW).

The UN Secretary - General himself spoke about autonomous weapons systems at the board's meeting on 7 March and encouraged its members to continue looking at what can be done about the weapons.

It calls for Australia to announce its support for the call to ban lethal autonomous weapons systems at the upcoming UN Conference on CCW, and to commit to working with other states to conclude a new international agreement that achieves this objective.

To this end, we ask Canada to announce its support for the call to ban lethal autonomous weapons systems at the upcoming United Nations Conference on the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW).

The letter goes further asking «Canada to announce its support for the call to ban lethal autonomous weapons systems at the upcoming United Nations Conference on the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW).

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Erin is involved in the ongoing diplomatic efforts to prohibit autonomous weapons systems (killer robots) and has spoken on the topic in Canada and at the United Nations.

The moral and ethical issues surrounding autonomous weapons systems have been a topic of conversation at the national and international level from the start and this should continue.

Originally published on the Forum on the Arms Trade's Looking Ahead blog, Erin Hunt looks at opportunities and challenges ahead in 2017 for efforts to preemptively ban autonomous weapons systems.

Government delegates attending next week's annual meeting of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) at the United Nations in Geneva will decide whether to continue in 2015 with multilateral talks on questions relating to «lethal autonomous weapons systems.»

At the first Convention on Conventional Weapons meeting of experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems held at the UN in Geneva on 13 - 16 May 2014, a number of countries noted the relevance of international human rights law in their statements, including Croatia, Egypt, the Holy See, Mexico, Sierra Leone, and South AfricAt the first Convention on Conventional Weapons meeting of experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems held at the UN in Geneva on 13 - 16 May 2014, a number of countries noted the relevance of international human rights law in their statements, including Croatia, Egypt, the Holy See, Mexico, Sierra Leone, and South Africat the UN in Geneva on 13 - 16 May 2014, a number of countries noted the relevance of international human rights law in their statements, including Croatia, Egypt, the Holy See, Mexico, Sierra Leone, and South Africa.

The first meeting of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems opens at the United Nations (UN) Palais des Nations in Geneva on Monday, 13 November.

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots welcomes the decision taken by nations at the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) at the United Nations in Geneva today to continue their deliberations on «lethal autonomous weapons systems.»

The second multilateral meeting on «lethal autonomous weapons systems» by members of the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) will be held at the United Nations (UN) Palais des Nations in Geneva on 13 - 17 April 2015.

For that reason the UK took part in the productive informal meeting of experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems in April this year at the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW).

The most significant development for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots in 2016 came at the very end of the year when countries agreed to formalize and dedicate more time to their deliberations on lethal autonomous weapons systems.

For the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, the highlight of 2015 was the second meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems held at the United Nations in Geneva in April.

AAR Japan finds that technological developments aimed at lowering cost and risk to human soldiers as well as increasing speed and efficiency have led to the development of autonomous weapons systems with various levels of human control.

At the campaign's opening briefing, Nobel Peace Laureate Ms. Jody Williams of the Nobel Women's Initiative, a campaign co-founder, rejected the notion that autonomous weapons systems are «inevitable» stating «this is a decision that we as human beings can make.

Despite their different backgrounds, all the participants agreed that autonomous weapons systems pose dangers and require swift diplomatic action to negotiate a legally - binding instrument that draws the line at weapons not under human control.

Last December at their Fifth Review Conference CCW states decided to formalize and expand those deliberations by establishing a Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems to meet in August and November 2017, chaired by Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill of India.

Although Article 36 weapons reviews should be a topic of discussion at the international level to strengthen both policy and practice around the world, better weapons reviews will not solve the problems associated with autonomous weapons systems and should not distract the GGE from the core of its work.

She said «in past discussions at the CCW, some states have expressed concern that a prohibition on autonomous weapons systems would have a negative impact on AI research more broadly.

An open letter authored by five Canadian experts in artificial intelligence research urges the Prime Minister to urgently address the challenge of lethal autonomous weapons (often called «killer robots») and to take a leading position against Autonomous Weapon Systems on the international stage at the upcoming UN meetings in Geneva.

At least 23 nations spoke on the matter of autonomous weapons systems in their statements: Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czech Republic, Canada, Croatia, Ecuador, Finland, France, India, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and the USA.

We very much appreciated the opportunity at the Expert Meeting in May this year to take a first look at the questions around lethal autonomous weapon systems, LAWS.

The third Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems will be held at the United Nations (UN) Palais des Nations in Geneva on 11 - 15 April 2016.

Pakistan was the first country to call for a ban on lethal autonomous weapons systems and is probably the most active proponent of a preemptive ban concluded at the CCW.

The ICRC urges the States party to the CCW, at their annual conference in November, to extend the mandate for the discussion of autonomous weapon systems into 2015.

The first - ever multilateral meeting held earlier this year on «lethal autonomous weapons systems» marked a key milestone for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, while the consensus agreement by nations to hold another meeting at the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) on 13 - 17 April 2015 confirms the matter is now firmly on the international agenda and -LSB-...]

After deliberating for two years on questions relating to «lethal autonomous weapons systems,» the time has come for states to commit to a more substantive process aimed at achieving an outcome that addresses the multiple concerns raised over the weapons.

Ireland supported the November 2013 agreement on a mandate at the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) to discuss fully autonomous weapons, emphasizing the need for «examination of this issue before such systems are deployed.»

Jun. 1: Campaign representatives joined diplomats for an informal meeting to discuss ethical concerns over lethal autonomous weapons systems convened at the UN by the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the UN in Geneva in conjunction with the Caritas in Veritate Foundation.

It looks at liability and law for autonomous weapons and vehicles, machine ethics, and the privacy implications of AI systems.

A total of 87 countries participated in the four - day informal meeting of experts on «lethal autonomous weapons systems» by the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) at the United Nations (UN) on Geneva, which concluded on the afternoon of Friday, May 16 (71 states parties and signatories to the convention and 12 observer states).

We are also engaging with diplomats from key countries at the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) in Geneva, where the first meeting of the newly - created Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems is scheduled to take place on 21 - 25 August 2017.

Canada supported a proposal for nations to begin addressing the matter and officials have confirmed that Canada will participate in the first CCW experts meeting on «lethal autonomous weapons systems» next month at the UN in Geneva.

With respect to the scope of what was discussed at the Chatham House, Scharre's depiction of the conference being focused only on «anti-material» autonomous weapons systems is confusing, as the conference addressed all types of autonomous weapons systems, including «anti-personnel.»

Earl Howe responded that the government believes that lethal autonomous weapons systems «are not yet in existence and are not likely to be for many years, if at all.»

In January 2017, several members of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots attended a retreat by artificial intelligence leaders at Asilomar in Monterey, California in January 2017, which issued a set of «principles» including a call to retain human control of systems with artificial intelligence and affirms the urgent need to avoiding an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons systems.

Feb. 16 - 18 (Tempe, Arizona): Origins Project at ASU, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and the Stanley Foundation scientific workshop on artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons systems.

Sep. 3: More than 20 countries attend a seminar convened by France at the UN in Geneva on fully autonomous weapons systems.

The first Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems will be held at the UN in Geneva on 13 - 16 May.

Ireland made its first public statement on the matter at the UN General Assembly in September 2013, stating that «our focus must always be to ensure respect for international humanitarian law and human rights,» principles that «must also apply to weapons which will be developed in the future, such as fully autonomous weapons systems.»

At the end of August, Russia said it is uncertain about whether states should move to the next level of deliberations on lethal autonomous weapons systems when the CCW holds its 5th Review Conference in Geneva on December 12 - 16.

But research and development activities should be banned if they are directed at technology that can only be used for fully autonomous weapons or that is explicitly intended for use in such systems.

Campaign to Stop Killer Robots (10 October)-- «We call on states to pursue a revised mandate at the CCW's annual meeting on 22 — 24 November 2017 that continues the Group of Governmental Experts and requires that it meet for at least four weeks in 2018 to lay the groundwork necessary to negotiate a new CCW protocol on lethal autonomous weapons systems.