- World Health Organization Statement
http://www.who.int/archives/inf-pr-1997/en/97wha9.html
Press Release WHA/9
14 May 1997
WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY STATES ITS POSITION
ON CLONING IN HUMAN REPRODUCTION
After considering the report of the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) on human cloning, biomedical technology and WHO's role in standard-setting, as well as the statements made by Member States, the Fiftieth World Health Assembly, meeting in Geneva from 5 to 14 May 1997, has adopted a resolution affirming that the use of cloning for the replication of human individuals is ethically unacceptable and contrary to human integrity and morality.
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