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Majorities, Not Consensus: Reforming UNCCW Decision-Making
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Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH)
Abstract The United Nations Conference on Certain Conventional Weapons (UNCCW) is the only multilateral humanitarian arms control forum. Yet the consensus principle by which it makes decisions has repeatedly thwarted progress and is endangering the current process on the use of autonomy in weapons systems: i... view more
The United Nations Conference on Certain Conventional Weapons (UNCCW) is the only multilateral humanitarian arms control forum. Yet the consensus principle by which it makes decisions has repeatedly thwarted progress and is endangering the current process on the use of autonomy in weapons systems: if negotiations for a legally binding instrument are not launched in 2021, this goal is likely to be pursued outside the UNCCW. Failure to ban inhumane technology for a third time in a row would considerably damage the legitimacy of the UNCCW. Emphasizing that the UNCCW must remain the main venue not only for discussing but also for resolving humanitarian arms control issues, this policy brief argues for an alternative: a procedural reform that would replace consensus voting with two-thirds majority voting.... view less
Keywords
UNO; arms control; conventional weapon; negotiation; decision making
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
Review Conference on the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons; politischer Entscheidungsprozess
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
City
Hamburg
Page/Pages
4 p.
Series
IFSH Policy Brief, 01/21
Status
Published Version; reviewed