Third Convention on Conventional Weapons meeting on
lethal autonomous weapons systems UN Geneva 11 - 15 April 2016
Not exact matches
They should also express commitment to work in coordination with like - minded states,
UN agencies, international organizations, civil society, and other stakeholders to conclude a legally binding instrument prohibiting the development, production, and use of
lethal autonomous weapons systems by the end of 2019.
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 Africa.
Both the
UN's letter and statement call for «inclusive and comprehensive dialogue» on the concerns posed by
lethal autonomous weapons systems.
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.
Many of the 117 states party to the Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW) are expected to attend the four - day meeting of experts on «
lethal autonomous weapons systems» in addition to representatives from international and
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The campaign wrote to the new
UN Secretary - General António Guterres, who began his term on 1 January 2017, urging him to take a strong and unequivocal stance against
lethal autonomous weapons systems by endorsing the call for a ban.
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.
Most of the CCW's 124 high contracting parties participated in three meetings on
lethal autonomous weapons systems in 2014 - 2016, in addition to
UN agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots.
United Kingdom (23 October) In the
UN Convention on Certain Conventional
Weapons (CCW) we thank France for leading a productive, informal meeting of experts on
lethal autonomous weapons systems in May.
This briefing come less than a month after the first Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW) meeting of experts on «
lethal autonomous weapons systems» was held the
UN in Geneva on 13 - 16 May.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Under «frontier issues,» the
UN Secretary General's High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, remarked that: «Rapid advances in the civilian and military application of artificial intelligence should continue to give impetus for formal deliberations on
lethal autonomous weapon systems within the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.»
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.
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.
A few days before, Danish academic Rune Saugmann published an article in foreign policy magazine Ræson describing Denmark's «glaring absence» from the recent
UN meeting on
lethal autonomous weapons systems.
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.
Most of the 118 states that are part of the Convention on Conventional
Weapons are expected to participate in the 2015 talks on
lethal autonomous weapons systems to be held at the
UN in Geneva on 13 - 17 April.
The first meeting of the Group of Governmental Experts on
lethal autonomous weapons systems will be held at the
UN in Geneva on either 24 - 28 April or 21 - 25 August 2017 and chaired by Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill of India.
The United Nations (
UN) report calling for a global moratorium on
lethal autonomous robotics,
weapons systems that can select and kill targets without a human being directly issuing a command, will be considered this week in Geneva.
States proposed the recommendation to formalize the CCW process during the third informal meeting on
lethal autonomous weapons systems held at the
UN in Geneva on 11 - 15 April 2016.