State dossier
Senegal
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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 2025-10-27, interpreted (INFERRED)
At the UN in October 2025, speaking about artificial intelligence and lethal autonomous weapons, Senegal said it supports every effort to develop legally binding norms that keep all weapons subject to principles of responsibility and humanity. It has not said what those norms should ban. The statement is in French, so this site describes it rather than quoting it.
Senegal supports initiatives to develop legally binding norms, in a paragraph on AI and lethal autonomous weapons systems.
In its third point, Senegal says the rapid development of artificial intelligence and of lethal autonomous weapons systems (SALA) poses new challenges, given how slowly inclusive governance is negotiated. It then says Senegal supports all initiatives to develop legally binding norms ensuring that all weapons, whatever their form or technology, remain subject to universal principles of responsibility and humanity. Senegal: statement at the First Committee thematic debate on conventional weapons, 80th session (French), 2025-10-27 source
The interpreted delivery records the same support for binding norms.
Senegal supports all initiatives that aim to develop equally binding norms, guaranteeing responsible use of AI in the military domain
General Assembly First Committee, 80th session, 18th meeting, automatic speech recognition transcript, 2025-10-27 source
Corroboration only. Senegal associated itself with a 2026 joint statement backing the GGE rolling text as a basis for negotiating an instrument.
serve as basis for negotiations within the CCW on an instrument on lethal autonomous weapons systems
Joint Statement to the GGE on LAWS, August-September 2026 session (delivered by Brazil), 2026-08-31 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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