State dossier
Belgium
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What does it want?
Position: wants a treaty, terms open (LBI-OPEN). Supports negotiating a treaty but has not said what it should prohibit.
Wants a treaty, terms open (LBI-OPEN), since 2026-10-09, stated directly (EXPLICIT)
In October 2026 Belgium told the First Committee that the Geneva weapons convention's Review Conference should give the expert group a mandate to negotiate a legally binding instrument, possibly a new Protocol VI. In 2024 it backed the UN Secretary-General's call for a legal framework by 2026. In the statements read, Belgium has not said what the treaty should ban, so this is a treaty with terms open.
Belgium calls for a mandate to negotiate a legally binding instrument, possibly a CCW Protocol VI.
a mandate to negotiate a legally binding instrument, potentially in the form of a Protocol VI to the CCW.
Belgium, 81st UN General Assembly, First Committee, Statement for the General Debate, 2026-10-09 source
In 2024 Belgium supported the Secretary-General's call for a legal framework on autonomous weapons by 2026.
asked the member States to provide a legal framework for autonomous weapon systems by 2026, a call which Belgium supports
Belgium, Statement for the General Debate, UN General Assembly 79, First Committee (14 October 2024), 2024-10-14 source
In 2025 Belgium expected remaining differences to be settled in negotiations on an instrument.
we are convinced that any remaining differences can be resolved in the context of subsequent negotiations on an instrument.
Belgium, Statements for debates in thematic clusters, Cluster IV: Conventional Weapons, First Committee of the 80th UN General Assembly, 2025-10-24 source
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How did it vote?
Yes on all three UN votes on autonomous weapons.
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What has it signed?
Being on a list is a fact. Not being on one is not opposition.
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When has it spoken?
Every time it went on the record, dated.
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What rules has it written at home?
Its own military policy.
Military policy not yet reviewed by this site, as of 2026-11-04.
The record
The documents on file.
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