Post-conflict time: defusing ticking time bombs for a safe return of displaced populations

Amendment No. 2 | Doc. 15995 | 26 June 2024

Signatories:

Ms Olena KHOMENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Pavlo BAKUNETS, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Larysa BILOZIR, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Iryna KONSTANKEVYCH, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Arminas LYDEKA, Lithuania, ALDE ; Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Olena MOSHENETS, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Yuliia OVCHYNNYKOVA, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Liisa-Ly PAKOSTA, Estonia, NR ; Mr Serhii SOBOLIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Pavlo SUSHKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Rostyslav TISTYK, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Ana TSITLIDZE, Georgia, EPP/CD ; Ms Lesia VASYLENKO, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Markus WIECHEL, Sweden, EC/DA

Origin

2024 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 22 with the following paragraph:

"The Assembly observes with great concern the increasing use of unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as combat drones, for indiscriminate attacks against civilian populations. It calls on member States to consider implementing rules on the responsible use of combat drones, in particular when they are loaded with munitions with wide-area effects."

Explanatory note

Implementing rules on the responsible use of combat drones, instead of banning them outright, is something that may create a viable framework for ensuring safety of the civilian population.