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Human cloning and international governance FIFTEENTH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS COMMITTEE OF UNESCO (IBC) UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 28-29 October 2008 Presentation by L. Ahrlund-Richter Member of ISSCR

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Page 1: Human cloning and international governance · Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings". After years of debates, instead of a convention, a legally non-binding United Nations Declaration

Human cloning and international

governance

FIFTEENTH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS COMMITTEE OF

UNESCO (IBC) UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 28-29 October 2008

Presentation by L. Ahrlund-Richter

Member of ISSCR

Page 2: Human cloning and international governance · Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings". After years of debates, instead of a convention, a legally non-binding United Nations Declaration

International Society for

Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)

Founded 6 years ago

Today

>2600 members representing 47 nations

Page 3: Human cloning and international governance · Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings". After years of debates, instead of a convention, a legally non-binding United Nations Declaration

www.isscr.org

Page 4: Human cloning and international governance · Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings". After years of debates, instead of a convention, a legally non-binding United Nations Declaration

ISSCR international Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Task Force.

Page 5: Human cloning and international governance · Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings". After years of debates, instead of a convention, a legally non-binding United Nations Declaration
Page 6: Human cloning and international governance · Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings". After years of debates, instead of a convention, a legally non-binding United Nations Declaration
Page 7: Human cloning and international governance · Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings". After years of debates, instead of a convention, a legally non-binding United Nations Declaration
Page 8: Human cloning and international governance · Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings". After years of debates, instead of a convention, a legally non-binding United Nations Declaration
Page 9: Human cloning and international governance · Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings". After years of debates, instead of a convention, a legally non-binding United Nations Declaration

Our scientific opinion is that research

on stem cells of all types should be

pursued with the goals of reducing

human suffering and better

understanding human physiology.

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