State dossier
Timor-Leste
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What does it want?
Position: wants new rules, not a treaty (REG-SOFT). Supports new international rules that are not legally binding.
Wants new rules, not a treaty (REG-SOFT), since 2025-10-13, interpreted (INFERRED)
In the UN First Committee's 2025 general debate, Timor-Leste called for norms and guidelines to keep humans in control of autonomous systems and accountable for their use. Norms and guidelines are not binding rules. The call came in one line about military AI, so this reading is an interpretation.
Timor-Leste calls for norms and guidelines on human control over autonomous systems.
The development of norms and guidelines to ensure human control and accountability in the use of autonomous systems.
Statement by Timor-Leste, First Committee general debate, 80th session, 2025-10-13 source
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How did it vote?
did not vote, Yes, Yes 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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