UN General Assembly backs autonomous-weapons resolution 164-6; US votes no

The General Assembly adopted resolution 80/57 on lethal autonomous weapons systems by 164 votes to 6, with 7 abstentions; the United States, Russia, Israel, Belarus, Burundi and North Korea voted against. It affirms that international humanitarian and human rights law apply to such weapons, stresses the human role in the use of force, and asks the CCW expert group to finish the elements of an instrument before its mandate ends in 2026.