State dossier
Algeria
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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 2021-10-12, stated directly (EXPLICIT)
Algeria told the UN First Committee in 2021 that there is an urgent need for a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons, and said the same again in 2025. Its own statements do not say what such a treaty should ban, so on this site's scale it wants a treaty with terms open.
Algeria calls for a legally binding instrument on lethal autonomous weapons systems.
stresses the urgent need to pursue a legally-binding instrument on LAWS
Statement by Algeria, UNGA 76 First Committee thematic discussion, 2021-10-12 source
Algeria repeats in 2025 that a legally binding instrument is urgently needed.
Arabic-only statement in the conventional weapons debate. Algeria says human control over these systems is essential for compliance with international humanitarian law, that the GGE's outputs give a suitable basis for negotiating a legally binding instrument, and that the need for one is urgent and cannot be postponed. Statement by Algeria, UNGA 80 First Committee thematic debate, conventional weapons (Arabic), 2025-10-24 source
In 2026 Algeria welcomes the GGE's consensus on elements and asks for real progress at the Review Conference.
Algeria welcomes the consensus reached in the Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
Statement of Algeria, UNGA 81 First Committee general debate, 2026-10-08 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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