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Live tweets from UN #CCWUN debate on lethal autonomous weapons
Mark A. Gubrud at CCW 2015 delivering ICRAC’s opening statement. Source: ICRAC.
Experts from all over the world are gathered at the United Nations in Geneva today to debate questions surrounding lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) for the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). The CCW runs to April 17 – follow the live tweets and check back here for updates.
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