Sri Lanka supports for a State – led formal dialogue on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) within the framework of the CCW

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Sri Lanka said that it supports the establishment of a Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) in 2017, within the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and to elevate the dialogue on LAWS to a State –driven formal process.

 

Statement by Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam, Head of Delegation of Sri Lanka to the Conference on Disarmament at the Pleanary Meeting of the Conference on Disarmament: 28 August 2003

 

Statement by Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam, Special Co-ordinator on the Improved and Effective Functioning of the Conference on Disarmament at the Plenary of the Conference on Disarmament: 22 August 2002

 

Statement by Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam, Head of Delegation of Sri Lanka to the Conference on Disarmament: 27 June 2002

Statement by Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam, Head of Delegation of Sri Lanka to the Conference on Disarmament: 27 June 2002

Statement by Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam, Special Co-ordinator on the Improved and Effective Functioning of the Conference on Disarmament: 28 August 2001

Statement by Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam, Special Co-ordinator on the Improved and Effective Functioning of the Conference on Disarmament: 28 August 2001

Statement by Ambassador S. Palihakkara, Permanent Representative of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Conference on Disarmament at the Plenary Session: 26 February 1998

 
  1. Opening remarks made by Ambassador Bernard A.B. Goonetilleke President of the Conference on Disarmament, at the Inaugural Meeting of the Presidency of the CD: 21 August 1997
  2. Statement by the Permanent Representative of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the 753rd Plenary Meeting of the Conference on Disarmament: 30 January 1997
  3. Statement to the Plenary Meeting by Ambassador Bernard A.B. Goonetilleke, Permanent Representative and Head of Sri Lanka Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament:1 August 1996

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