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Human Rights Watch appreciates the opportunity to submit its views and recommendations for consideration by the United Nations secretary-general in response to Resolution 78/241 on “Lethal autonomous weapons systems” adopted by the UN General Assembly on 22 December 2023.
Autonomous weapons guided by artificial intelligence are already in use. Researchers, legal experts and ethicists are struggling with what should be allowed on the battlefield. Autonomous weapons guided by artificial intelligence are already in use. Researchers, legal experts and ethicists are struggling with what should be allowed on the battlefield.
The Pentagon articulates a research focus that includes lethality. But universities that receive military funding often welcome the money with expressions of pride and altruism—and scant mention of the potential for harm. The United States Army Futures Command is at work modernizing weapons and equipment and identifying, acquiring and developing next-generation military technologies.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Mr Prystaiko as Ukraine's ambassador to the UK days after he criticised the president on Sky News. Meanwhile, the head of the CIA says he would be "surprised" if Yevgeny Prigozhin escapes retribution from Vladimir Putin.
Whatever the military utility of cluster munitions, the weapons will cause foreseeable and irreparable civilian harm for decades to come.