In the wrong hands, regular consumer drones can be used as lethal weapons, enabling terrorist to plan, coordinate and launch a vast range of deadly and potentially disruptive attacks against...

Feb 11, 2025 · Buildings have been damaged by drone and missile attacks in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. In January 2025, short-range drones caused more casualties than any …

Oct 5, 2023 · “We call on world leaders to launch negotiations of a new legally binding instrument to set clear prohibitions and restrictions on autonomous weapon systems and to conclude …

Jul 9, 2020 · The growing use of weaponised drones risks destabilising global peace and security and creating a “drone power club” among nations, that face no effective accountability for …

Sep 6, 2017 · Drone technology appears to be taking off at the United Nations, with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) being used for various purposes, including in humanitarian, …

Jun 1, 2021 · Now, a United Nations report about a March 2020 skirmish in the military conflict in Libya says such a drone, known as a lethal autonomous weapons system — or LAWS — has …

Nov 2, 2021 · Unmanned combat aerial vehicles, loitering munitions, and the Kargu-2 “hunted down and remotely engaged” HAF logistics convoys and retreating fighters, the UN report found.

Jun 10, 2021 · In March 2021, a UN Panel of Experts on Libya reported a possible use of lethal autonomous weapons systems—such as the STM Kargu-2—which “were programmed to …

Drones are playing a progressive and influential role in humanitarian emergency preparedness and response. Prioritizing operational safety, ethics, data protection and community …

Aug 13, 2018 · The United Nations is actively exploring the uses of drones and working to address both the technology’s positive and negative outcomes. Read on to learn how. The UN …