State dossier
Cuba
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What does it want?
Position: wants a treaty with bans (LBI-BAN). Supports a legally binding treaty that prohibits some systems.
Wants a treaty with bans (LBI-BAN), since 2018-10-10, stated directly (EXPLICIT)
Since at least 2018 Cuba has told the UN First Committee that it wants a legally binding instrument that bans fully autonomous weapons and regulates weapons with some autonomy, such as armed drones. Its 2024 submission to the UN Secretary-General says the same. On this site's scale that is a treaty with bans.
In 2018 Cuba supports negotiating a legally binding instrument that prohibits lethal autonomous weapons and regulates attack drones.
Cuba supports the initiation of negotiations on a legally binding instrument prohibiting autonomous lethal weapons or killer robots and on regulations for military attack drones [es]
General Assembly First Committee, 73rd session, 4th meeting, official verbatim record (A/C.1/73/PV.4), 2018-10-10 source
In 2023 Cuba again calls for a legally binding instrument that prohibits autonomous weapons and regulates semi-autonomous ones.
We advocate for the negotiation and adoption of a legally binding instrument prohibiting autonomous weapons and regulating semi-autonomous weapons. [es]
General Assembly First Committee, 78th session, 6th meeting, official verbatim record (A/C.1/78/PV.6), 2023-10-06 source
Cuba's 2024 submission supports a legally binding instrument that prohibits fully autonomous weapons.
Cuba supports the urgent adoption of a legally binding international instrument that prohibits the manufacture, possession and use of fully autonomous weapons [es]
Lethal autonomous weapons systems: report of the Secretary-General (A/79/88), 2024-05-25 source
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How did it vote?
Yes on all three UN votes on autonomous weapons.
Hover a legend chip to light those votes · each resolution links to its record
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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