State dossier
Iraq
IRQ · IRAQ · 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 2023-10-23, interpreted (INFERRED)
In the First Committee's 2023 debate on conventional weapons, Iraq called for legally binding rules to deal with lethal autonomous weapons, pointing to the risk that they spread or fall into the hands of terrorist groups. It did not say the rules should ban anything. The statement is in Arabic only, so this reading is a description. Iraq voted Yes on all three UN resolutions.
Iraq calls for legally binding provisions on lethal autonomous weapons, without naming prohibitions.
Arabic-only national statement in the conventional weapons debate, delivered by First Secretary Hamza Habib al-Sadr. After a passage on illicit arms trafficking and the ammunition working group, Iraq says its delegation calls for establishing legally binding provisions to address the challenges of emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons systems, taking into account the risks of their proliferation and of their falling into the hands of terrorist groups. Statement by Iraq, First Committee thematic debate on conventional weapons, 78th session (Arabic), 2023-10-23 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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