Guterres And ICRC's Spoljaric Renew Warning As Weapons Race Widens
Their appeal names November's CCW Review Conference as the last chance to negotiate binding limits on autonomous weapons.
- UN Office at Geneva published a press release on 25 August 2026 renewing Guterres and ICRC chief Mirjana Spoljaric's 2023 call for autonomous weapons rules.
- "A race towards greater autonomy in weapons systems is already well underway."
- The UN's Group of Governmental Experts on autonomous weapons closed its September 4-5 session without full agreement.
Why it matters: The same governments racing to build autonomous weapons are the ones asked to write the rules limiting them.
UN Office at Geneva press release (Guterres/ICRC joint appeal on autonomous weapons) ↗ · Sep 16, 20269/16/26