State dossier
Sudan
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What does it want?
Position: keep it in Geneva (CCW-ONLY). Supports continuing the consensus process in the Geneva weapons convention, and has not said what it should produce.
Keep it in Geneva (CCW-ONLY), since 2025-10-24, interpreted (INFERRED)
Sudan welcomed the Geneva expert group's work in 2025, and in 2026 said it supports inclusive UN processes to keep autonomous weapons under meaningful human control. It has not said what kind of instrument those processes should produce, which is closest to supporting the Geneva process on this site's scale.
Sudan welcomes the GGE session and says international humanitarian law applies fully to these weapons.
Arabic-only statement in the conventional weapons debate. Sudan closes by welcoming the second session of the GGE on lethal autonomous weapons systems and affirming that international humanitarian law remains fully applicable to all weapon systems, including the possible development and use of these weapons. Statement by Sudan, UNGA 80 First Committee thematic debate, conventional weapons (Arabic), 2025-10-24 source
Sudan supports UN processes on human control and welcomes the GGE's consensus report, naming no instrument.
Sudan supports inclusive processes under the auspices of the United Nations aimed at ensuring that Lethal autonomous weapons systems remain subject to meaningful human control
Sudan First Committee Statement, UNGA 81 general debate, 2026-10-14 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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