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Undersecretary for the Multilateral Sector of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See (Vatican diplomat)
It is fundamental to retain human control and judgement in the use of force, and a moratorium on the development and use of lethal autonomous weapons systems should be established immediately.
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AI Verified Verified: the exact sentence appears in the official Holy See Geneva text of Rev. Msgr. Daniel Pacho’s statement at the High-Level Segment of the 2026 Conference on Disarmament, dated 25 February 2026, where line 64 reads: “Therefore, it is fundamental to retain human control and judgement in the use of force, and a moratorium on the development and use of lethal autonomous weapons systems should be established immediately.” The cited Crux article also reproduces the quote verbatim and attributes it to Pacho, though the article itself is authored by Christopher R. Altieri. ([holyseegeneva.org](https://holyseegeneva.org/statements/high-level-segment-of-the-2026-session-of-the-conference-on-disarmament/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Verified via web search. The exact quote by Monsignor Daniel Pacho (Undersecretary for the Multilateral Sector of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See) is confirmed in his February 2026 address to the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. The source URL (cruxnow.com/vatican/2026/02/...) returned 403 to WebFetch but is independently confirmed by Vatican News, Fox News, National Catholic Reporter, and Herald Malaysia coverage of the same speech. Year 2026 matches. Vote alignment: Pacho explicitly called for "a moratorium on the development and use of lethal autonomous weapons systems," which directly supports a "for" vote on "Ban autonomous lethal weapons." · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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