United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning

Adopted by General Assembly resolution 59/280 of March 8, 2005

The General Assembly, guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, recalling the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights, adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on November 11, 1997, and, in particular, its Article 11, which states that practices contrary to human The practice of human reproductive cloning is prohibited, recalling also its resolution 53/152 of 9 December 1998., In which she endorsed the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights, taking into account concerns about the ethical implications of the application of certain achievements of rapidly developing biological sciences for human dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms of the individual, reaffirming that the application of achievements of biological sciences should serve to alleviate suffering and promote the health of the individual and humanity as a whole, emphasizing, that the promotion of scientific and technological progress in the field of biological sciences should be carried out in this way, In order to ensure respect for human rights and benefit for all, taking into account the serious medical, physical, psychological and social dangers that human cloning can pose to the people concerned, as well as being aware of the need to prevent the exploitation of women, convinced of the urgent need to prevent the potential dangers of human cloning to human dignity, solemnly declares the following:      

(a) Member States are called upon to take all measures necessary to adequately protect human life in the application of biological sciences; (b) Member States are called upon to prohibit all forms of human cloning to the extent that they are incompatible with human dignity and the protection of human life; (c) Member States further It calls for taking the necessary measures to prohibit the use of genetic engineering methods that may be contrary to human dignity.;      (d) Member States are called upon to take measures to prevent the exploitation of women in the application of biological sciences;      

(e) Member States are also called upon to adopt and implement national laws without delay to ensure compliance with paragraphs (a) to (d); (f) Member States are further called upon to take into account urgent global issues such as HIV when financing medical research, including biological sciences/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, which particularly affect developing countries.

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