Government of Sri Lanka

Smaller and developing nations must not be constrained to being just consumers of AI, but be empowered contributors to the knowledge, language, and cultural perspectives upon which future AI systems are built.

While the existing IHL remains a normative framework to govern LAWS, we believe that it is necessary to explore beyond, particularly, a specific legally binding instrument to bridge the gaps and to address the unprecedented challenges posed by lethal...

Sri Lanka perceives that the rolling text contains fundamental elements to serve as the basis for future negotiation of a legally binding instrument to prohibit lethal autonomous weapons systems with necessary improvements through further discussions...