Overview

The 2025 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) decided to organize "the Group of Governmental Experts of the High Contracting Parties related to emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), for a duration of 10 days, from 2-6 March 2026 and from 31 August-4 September 2026" (CCW/MSP/2025/8, paragraph 19 (c)). The Meeting also adopted the relevant cost estimates for 2026 as contained in CCW/MSP/2025/5.

Information for Participants

Participants at the meeting are invited to read and familiarize themselves with the Code of Conduct to prevent harassment, including sexual harassment, at UN system events.

Documents

CCW/GGE.1/2026/1 - Provisional agenda (Advance copy)

CCW/GGE.1/2026/2 - Provisional programme of work (Advance copy)

Rolling text - 18 December 2025 version

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