Isabelle Jones

Autonomous weapons, humanitarian disarmament, WPS, & int'l development. Outreach Manager @BanKillerRobots. Tweets my own.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Thank you Spain.

I implore other countries to mobilise their fleet to grant the flotilla safe sailing to Gaza, and deploy a real humanitarian convoy to break the blockade.

That's what people want. That's what humanity commands.

If not in the time of a Genocide, when??

[Alon Mizrahi @alon_mizrahi]

Italy is a member of NATO (and Spain, too). If Israeli forces attack an Italian ship in international waters, it would constitute a declaration of war against every member state, and they will all be obliged to retaliate militarily. I am not sure everyone appreciates the gravity of what's happening around the flotilla, but this is shaping up to be a major international incident

[Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם @yuval_abraham]

Microsoft announced it is blocking Israel’s access to technology which allowed the mass surveillance of Palestinian civilians, following an investigation we wrote. The first time that a major US tech company sanctions the Israeli military for violating Palestinian rights >

[Stop Killer Robots @BanKillerRobots]

UN SecGen @antonioguterres opens #UNGA80 with an important message:

"No machine should decide who lives or dies. No system should be deployed without transparency, safety, and accountability."

We need legal safeguards on #AutonomousWeapons now.

🔗https://t.co/Xxo3HGZdz5

[Brazil at the Conference on Disarmament @BrazilGVAdisarm]

Today, at the last day of the 2025 Session of the CCW GGE on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS), Brazil delivered a statement on behalf of 42 States, co-drafted with Ireland, Norway and Switzerland.

[Stop Killer Robots @BanKillerRobots]

🚨🚨“We are therefore ready to move ahead towards negotiations.” #CCWUN closes with a joint statement from 42 states affirming that the Chair’s rolling text discussed this week can form the basis of treaty negotiations on #KillerRobots.

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

UN experts urge Israel to immediately restore the UN humanitarian system to prevent starvation in #Gaza & ensure unimpeded access for @UNRWA & @UNOCHA.

https://t.co/nzZqQsmnQG

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

"What is often lost in discourse is that Israel's genocidal and apartheid policies are not the product of one faction. They are widely supported across the Israeli political spectrum"

✍️ Opinion by Mohamad Elmasry
https://t.co/UDIyX5O3TU

[Stop Killer Robots @BanKillerRobots]

📢 First Committee on Disarmament and Int’l Security starts today at UNHQ.

We’re on the ground to call on states to #VoteAgainstTheMachine and support this year’s resolution on #AutonomousWeapons

📺 Listen to the discussion live: https://t.co/xg4EeUUSLS

[Reaching Critical Will @RCW_]

The #UNGA #FirstCommittee on Disarmament and International Security begins today in New York. Check out the first edition of our First Committee Monitor and our Briefing Book for analysis of what's at stake and recommendations for action: https://t.co/vcA5XAsSCg

[Reaching Critical Will @RCW_]

The #UNGA #FirstCommittee on Disarmament and International Security begins its work on Monday, 7 October. See the first edition of our Monitor for recommendations to governments, information about the new resolution on nuclear war, and more: https://t.co/qYVMJ8MpZq

[Stop Killer Robots @BanKillerRobots]

The recently adopted #PactForTheFuture directs states to advance discussions on #AutonomousWeapons with urgency — now states must support all efforts toward international cooperation to address the risks posed by #AutonomousWeaponsSystems

Read more: https://t.co/AwGDyIFjJT

[Jim Acosta @Acosta]

Biden at UNGA talking pretty extensively about artificial intelligence: "Artificial intelligence is going to change our ways of life... our ways of war. AI has profound risks... this is the tip of the iceberg... noone knows all the answers."

[Anne-Sophie Simpere @asimpere]

La dignité de la vie humaine est un enjeu essentiel. Dans cette perspective, @francediplo doit être moteur pour l'adoption urgente d'un traité sur les armes autonomes, et soutenir les initiatives en ce sens à l'#UNGA79.
Toute action dilatoire serait indigne #StopKillerRobots

[Isabelle Jones @issjones]

World leaders must use #UNGA79 to raise their voices in support of the negotiation of a treaty prohibiting & regulating #AutonomousWeapons. Life & death decisions cannot be delegated to machines. It is time to draw a line with new int'l law, & prevent the automation of killing.

[Isabelle Jones @issjones]

UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres opens #UNGA79 general debate by calling on world leaders to confront three major drivers of instability: impunity, inequality, and uncertainty. Says civilians are paying the price of rising conflicts, and that it is time for "a just peace".

[Isabelle Jones @issjones]

@antonioguterres says the UN is a universal platform for dialogue & consensus - it's uniquely placed to convene the global debate on #AI on the basis of the UN Charter & international law. "We must choose the future we want." Also true for the regulation of #AutonomousWeapons.