Topic: Regulation of Unmanned weapons th Committee: 6 Legal Sponsors: South Africa, South Korea, USA, India, Finland, Brazil, Burundi, Argentina, Djibouti, Indonesia Signatories: Algeria, Canada, Monaco, Greece, Germany, Pakistan, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Czech Republic, Greece 2
General Assembly, Recalling that there are no regulations in the Geneva Convention regarding drones Recognizing there is no written protection of civilians from drone and is merely and an unspoken Noting the the possibility of terrorist obtaining unmanned weapons Encouraging countries Encouraging countries to step away from the idea of “sovereignty” for this topc, as the intended goal of drones secrecy. Accepting that that drones have become a widely used form of warfare and must be regulated, not prohibited. 1. Adopts updates into the Geneva Convention to account for advances in technology namely unmanned a) Start with basic rules, regulations and guidelines so that cou ntries do not feel their sovereignty is being taken away; 2. Endorses the mending the gaps that there are in previous resolutions a) For example, in resolution 1540, the no drone policy would be taken out and the circulation of drones to terrorist as well; 3. Encourages nations to limit the payloads p ayloads that their drones are able to carry; a) Weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear c hemical and biological weapons should be outlawed when used by drones; b) Weapons of mass destruction pose a serious threat to civilian civilian safety paired with the stealth and speed of drones; 4. Urges nations to exercise extreme caution when operating drone strikes strikes in civilian dense areas areas to reduce to amount of civilian casualties. a) Leave education up to the individual country on drones but urges trained officials officials to operate the drones; 5. Requests the Security Council to place embargos on weapons and drones if a nation violates: a) Regulations set out in the updated Geneva Convention; b) The UN’s disapproval of a drone trade; c) The agreement to not fire on unarmed civilians or in civilian dense areas; 6 Determines that Lethal Autonomous Robots (LARS) are not fir for open combat at this time; a. LARS should be outlawed until technology has significantly increased; i. LARS poses too serious a threat to civilians and friendly soldiers to be in Combat;
7. Confirms the ban on open drone fire on civilians a) Civilians are most important when addressing the issue of drones and their safety is a first priority; 8. Instructs countries to not equip lite drones with larger p ayloads as it is a distasteful tactic that countries with a larger stock of drones can abuse 9. Declare a no drone fly zone over refugee camps with the goal of preventing terrorist acts or war strikes on the civilians 10. Declares the United Nations reserves the right to limit the selling of drones to countries that abused human rights in the past a) Such abuses would be using drones on civilians, selling to known terrorist groups, or use on flying mover refugee camps; 11. Designates the United Nations will act as a mediator between countries that sell drones to other countries a) This will make sure drones are updated only by humans and to make sure drones are not carrying weapons when being sold; 12. Proclaims that every 3-5 years previous resolutions are open for revision due to advancements in technology a). With huge technological advance, if the re has been a sufficient amount of advances, there can be revision made earlier than 3 years;
