State dossier
Ghana
GHA · GHANA · on the world map
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 2024-10-24, interpreted (INFERRED)
At the UN in October 2024, Ghana said autonomous weapons need clear regulation and, echoing the joint call by the UN Secretary-General and the Red Cross, new prohibitions and restrictions. In October 2026 it said it supports negotiating a legally binding instrument. Read together, that is support for a treaty with bans.
Ghana says autonomous weapons must be addressed through clear regulations.
These systems raise serious humanitarian, legal, and ethical questions, which must be addressed through clear regulations.
Ghana: statement at the First Committee thematic debate on conventional weapons, 79th session, 2024-10-24 source
Ghana, citing the Secretary-General and ICRC joint call, says new prohibitions and restrictions are needed.
new prohibitions and restrictions on autonomous weapons are needed to mitigate the risks they pose to international security
Ghana: statement at the First Committee thematic debate on conventional weapons, 79th session, 2024-10-24 source
Ghana supports negotiating a legally binding instrument on lethal autonomous weapons systems.
My delegation supports the negotiation of a legally binding instrument on lethal autonomous weapons systems
Ghana: statement at the First Committee general debate, 81st session, 2026-10-12 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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