Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99kk Lethal autonomous weapons systems, published in 2025.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2023–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/57	Lethal autonomous weapons systems	750	41%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/62	Lethal autonomous weapons systems	1,248	30%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/241	Lethal autonomous weapons systems	604	–

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 1	Multilateral negotiations and deliberations on disarmament and arms limitation	9

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 1	Multilateral negotiations and deliberations on disarmament and arms limitation	9	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2024

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2024	A/79/88	Lethal autonomous weapons systems report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/78/241

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

Underlines that a comprehensive and inclusive multilateral approach is required to address the full range of challenges and concerns posed by autonomous weapons systems, including consideration of legal, technological, ethical, humanitarian and security perspectives, in order to safeguard international peace and security, and encourages States to conduct further exchanges to that effect;

Stresses the urgent need to address the challenges and concerns posed by autonomous weapons systems in the context of the objectives and purpose of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects, and to further advance the universalization of the Convention;

Calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects to work towards completing the set of elements for an instrument being developed within the mandate of the Group of Governmental Experts on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, with a view to future negotiations;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eighty-first session the item entitled “Lethal autonomous weapons systems”.

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