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UN General Assembly votes 166-3 for talks on lethal autonomous weapons in 2025

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Source: United NationsAlso reported by Human Rights Watch

The UN General Assembly adopted resolution 79/62 on lethal autonomous weapons systems on 2 December 2024 by 166 votes to 3, with 15 abstentions; Belarus, North Korea and Russia voted against. It decides to hold two days of open informal consultations in New York in 2025 on the Secretary-General’s report A/79/88, open to states, the ICRC, civil society and industry, alongside the expert group under the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.

Why it matters

Autonomous-weapons talks gained a forum in New York open to all UN members and civil society, outside the consensus-bound Geneva process where a few states could block progress.

When
2 Dec 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0146
Who
UN General Assembly, International Committee of the Red Cross

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from United Nations and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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WTA-N-2024-0146: “UN General Assembly votes 166-3 for talks on lethal autonomous weapons in 2025.” wheresthe.ai, 2 Dec 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/intl-unga-laws-resolution-79-62-2024-12/ (source: United Nations).

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