Government of Sri Lanka on Ban autonomous lethal weapons

Government of Sri Lanka

National government of Sri Lanka, represented at UN disarmament and AI-in-military-domain discussions.

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 at this forum.

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Government of Sri Lanka, statement to the 2026 CCW Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, published March 16, 2026.

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