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WILPF Submission to the UN Secretary-General's Report on Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain

Pursuant to UN General Assembly resolution 79/239, WILPF made a submission to the UN Secretary-General’s report on artificial intelligence (AI) in the military domain and its implications for international peace and security.

In 2024, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on "Artificial intelligence in the military domain and its implications for international peace and security," which requested the UN Secretary-General to seek the views of states, international organisations, and civil society on this topic for a report to be published in 2025. WILPF's submission focuses on the following issues:

1. The need for human emotion, analysis, and judgement in relation to the use of force;
2. The existence of gender, racial, and other bias in AI technology and the implications for digital dehumanisation;
3. The impacts of military use of AI on privacy and personal data;
4. The environmental harms exacerbated by the military use of AI; and
5. The dangers of war profiteering and arms racing. 

Due to the concerns raised in this submission and in other spaces, WILPF opposes the military use of AI. This technology, rather than placing limits on violence or harm, expands both. Governance is insufficient in the face of the profits and power the developers of these technologies seek. WILPF's submission makes a number of recommendations to states, the tech industry and tech workers, and others on how to prevent military use of AI and its harms to human and planetary well-being as well as to international peace and security.

Written by Ray Acheson • Published April 2025 by Reaching Critical Will of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

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