State dossier
Saudi Arabia
SAU · SAUDI ARABIA · 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 2025-09-27, awaiting the document (PROVISIONAL)
In its September 2025 address to the UN General Assembly, Saudi Arabia warned of the dangers of military uses of artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons and called for international laws to regulate them. It did not say where such laws should be made or what they should ban. It abstained on all three UN resolutions on autonomous weapons and did not explain those votes.
The Saudi Foreign Minister calls for international laws regulating autonomous weapons and military AI.
warns of the dangers of the military uses of artificial intelligence applications and autonomous weapons. and the need to enact international laws regulating them [ar]
General Assembly, 80th session, general debate, 12th and 13th plenary meetings, automatic speech recognition transcript, 2025-09-27 source
A Saudi Press Agency account of the same speech reports the same call.
warned of the dangers of the military use of AI applications and autonomous weapons, and the need to enact international laws to regulate them [ar]
Foreign Minister Delivers Saudi Arabia's Speech at 80th UN General Assembly, 2025-09-28 source
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How did it vote?
Abstain, Abstain, Abstain across the three resolutions.
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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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