Humanity at the crossroads: Autonomous weapons systems will soon fill the world’s battlefields. We have to take action & agree on int‘l rules to ensure that decisions over life or death are never taken by machines! ➡️ Kicking off #AWS2024Vienna with 900+ guests from 142 states

At the #AsiaPacific prep meeting for #RevCon4 Mr. Muhammad Raza Shah Raza Shah Khan, Chief Executive of SPADO emphasized the need to give space to #civilsociety to share their views and expertise during the Review Conference. 🎦Watch an excerpt of his interview:

Join the Peace Wave 2024, No to Militarisation-Yes to Cooperation at: worldbeyondwar.org/wave/

Yesterday World Council of Churches (WCC) held a side event on interfaith perspectives on #AutonomousWeapons. Here are some key points from the panelists speaking from Baha'i, Buddhist, Christian and Muslim perspectives. oikoumene.org/news/faith-com…

"Irrespective of our beliefs or religions, humanity is the fundamental norm of all religions. The value of life is priceless. Autonomous weapons systems can't understand the value of life." -Raza Shah Khan SPADO

We urge states at the GGE to take urgent steps towards a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons. A legal instrument is now more urgent than ever before. #UNCCW #GGE #StopKillerRobots

We're back at the UN in Geneva for the last day of the #GGE meeting on #AutonomousWeapons. The meeting has just started - follow along with us here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1d/k…

The GGE is failing to agree on prohibitions and regulations on autonomous weapons at the #CCWUN after 11 years of discussions. With developments in military technology and ongoing conflicts, negotiating a new legal agreement is more urgent than ever before.

⏳#PactForTheFuture will be finalised later this month at the #SummitOfTheFuture. It aims to provide an ambitious, action-oriented vision for a more peaceful world. Regulating #AutonomousWeapons is crucial to achieving this goal. Here’s how the Pact is addressing it👇 /1

The regulation of #AI needs to catch up to the pace of innovation. States have the opportunity to close the gap by supporting the resolution on #AutonomousWeapons during this year's #UNGA79 and bring us closer to new int'l law to #StopKillerRobots.

📢 First Committee on Disarmament and Int’l Security starts today at UNHQ. We’re on the ground to call on states to #VoteAgainstTheMachine and support this year’s resolution on #AutonomousWeapons 📺 Listen to the discussion live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1g/k…

"The race to regulate autonomous weapons systems is at a critical point." Yesterday , we delivered our statement at the #UN General Assembly, calling on states to protect humanity and #StopKillerRobots. 🗣️ Read the full statement below: stopkillerrobots.org/resource/state…

Here’s the moment! 161 states supporting is not to be sniffed at BUT as it stands resolution L.77 is a very modest resolution and we think it could have been more ambitious and better reflect the urgent need to move towards new international law #UNGA2024 #VoteAgainstTheMachine

A small number of militarised states demanded changes to the resolution significantly reducing meeting days + scope of the resolution - this is why it’s so critical that #KillerRobots are discussed in a forum that is open to all and blockable by none so… roll on NYC talks! 🙌

Want a quick fix update? Isabelle from Stop Killer Robots is on the ground at the United Nations in New York. Check it out ⬇️📽️🍿 #UNGA2024 #VoteAgainstTheMachine

1/6 ICBL strongly condemns reports that #US plans to transfer antipersonnel landmines to #Ukraine. These weapons were banned by the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty due to their devastating impact on civilians. As a Treaty member, #Ukraine CANNOT acquire or use them.

On the eve of the #MineBanTreaty #SiemReapSummit , we urge a united stand: no new use of anti-personnel mines, by anyone, under any circumstances.p

2025 is here – it’s time to #StopKillerRobots. This year, as every other, our campaign stands ready and willing to support states to act to protect humanity from automated harm. The time is now.

I am very concerned by announcements by several United Nations member countries to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. We must uphold humanitarian norms & accelerate mine action. The protection of innocent lives depends on our collective action & commitment.

Last year, we were in #Vienna🇦🇹 for the largest conference outside the United Nations on #AutonomousWeapons. Here’s a reminder of what we did there to #StopKillerRobots