U.N. urged to set up panel on ethics of robot weapons

"serious concerns that have been almost entirely unexamined by human rights or humanitarian actors."

Humanitarian Actors ? You mean like Angelina Jolie and Sean Penn ? How about George Clooney ! Or are they talking about Humanitarian Actors like Ahmadinejad , Chavez and Fidel Castro ?

Humanitarian Actors my Ass !

Why does not the U.N. start a panel of "Actors" that discuss all the suicide bombings,Beheading's,Stoning's,and Honor Killings and Amputations that happen on a daily basis in the Muslim world !

The Useless Nations has turned it's ways towards global role reversal. The good guys are now the bad and the people who actually commit atrocities against Human Beings are the New good guys !




(Reuters) - A U.N. investigator called on the world body on Friday to set up a panel to study the ethics and legality of unmanned military weapons -- an apparent reference to U.S. drones that strike suspected Islamist militants.

In a report to the U.N. General Assembly human rights committee, Christof Heyns said such systems raised "serious concerns that have been almost entirely unexamined by human rights or humanitarian actors."

"The international community urgently needs to address the legal, political, ethical and moral implications of the development of lethal robotic technologies," said Heyns, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions.

It was the second time this year U.N. experts tackled the issue. In June, Heyns' predecessor, Philip Alston, called for a halt to CIA-directed drone strikes on al Qaeda and Taliban suspects in Afghanistan and Pakistan, saying killings ordered far from the battlefield could lead to a "Playstation" mentality.

I prefer Xbox 360 ! Bring on the Robots !