State dossier
Equatorial Guinea
GNQ · EQUATORIAL GUINEA · on the world map
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 2023-10-11, interpreted (INFERRED)
In the 2023 First Committee general debate, Equatorial Guinea recommended that states adopt new legally binding rules to regulate autonomous weapons and keep enough human control over the use of force. It did not call for bans. The statement is in Spanish only, so this reading is a description, not a quotation.
Equatorial Guinea recommends new legally binding rules to regulate autonomous weapons systems.
Spanish-only general debate statement. It warns that autonomous weapons are spreading with less human supervision, including in cities, and recommends that states adopt new legally binding norms to regulate autonomous weapons systems so that sufficient human control and judgment over the use of force is kept. Declaracion de la Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial, UNGA 78 First Committee general debate (Spanish), 2023-10-11 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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