Treaty dispute with Russia grounded routine transparency overflights last year.
Saudi Arabia faces repercussions due to its murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the civilian casualties from its war in Yemen.
Mine Ban Nears 20th Anniversary
Murder Puts Heat on Saudi Arms Deals
For five years, states have highlighted the host of problems with lethal autonomous weapons systems, including legal, moral, accountability, technical, and security concerns. It is time to move on and take action.
The impasse reflects the tensions over advancing technologies for systems capable of autonomously identifying and attacking targets.
Four more countries complete elimination, as states-parties increase to 104.
A special focus was placed on weapons diversion.
Arms Flow Despite Yemen Deaths
Technologies now in development could endow machines with the capacity to search for, identify, and kill humans on the battlefield or to hunt for and destroy an adversary’s nuclear deterrent systems, possibly igniting a nuclear exchange.