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Kiribati
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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 2024-04-30, stated directly (EXPLICIT)
At the Vienna conference in April 2024, Kiribati said a new treaty is the only way to keep people safe from autonomous weapons and that it should include prohibitions. A month later its submission to the UN Secretary-General called for a legally binding treaty to prohibit these weapons, including a ban on systems that target people.
Kiribati said a new treaty is needed and that it should contain prohibitions.
We contend that a new treaty is the only way for humanity to be safe from these weapons.
Statement by Kiribati at Humanity at the Crossroads: Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Challenge of Regulation, Vienna, 2024-04-30 source
Kiribati's submission calls for a legally binding treaty to prohibit autonomous weapons.
we are calling for a new legally binding treaty to prohibit these weapons
UNGA Resolution 78/241: Submission by Kiribati, 2024-05-24 source
The submission names a specific ban on anti-personnel autonomous weapons.
Kiribati also agrees that the instrument should ban anti-personnel autonomous weapon systems.
UNGA Resolution 78/241: Submission by Kiribati, 2024-05-24 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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