[extropy-chat] UNESCO's General Conference adopts Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights

[Dirk Bruere]

On 10/24/05, Jose Cordeiro <jose_cordeiro at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>  This is of interest to transhumanists around the world...
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>  UNESCO's General Conference adopts Universal Declaration on Bioethics and
> Human Rights
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> * *
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> *UNESCO, October 20, 2005*
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>  Press release:
> http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30274&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
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>    - Universal Draft Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights<http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/file_download.php/11445d5a75d2306d7437f0626f35e1c1Draft_EN.pdf>(June 2005)
>    Full text (PDF, 49kB) [ENG]<http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/file_download.php/11445d5a75d2306d7437f0626f35e1c1Draft_EN.pdf>
>    [FRA]<http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/file_download.php/a1eae76cb3aa9d111b73e323b9113548Draft_FR.pdf>
>    [ARA]<http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/file_download.php/cf1672c45eb2ab7292ee39a588e08de0Draft_AR.pdf>
>    [CHI]<http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/file_download.php/703d39bfa1e14291fff1317f133f6fe8Draft_CH.pdf>
>    [ESP]<http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/file_download.php/990701ca31a6908b0ce5f12f59d0fb7fDraft_SP.pdf>
>    [RUS]<http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/file_download.php/cdcdfb9aa80f2d1c8f2d4777cd909fb2Draft_RS.pdf>
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>    - Towards a declaration on universal norms on bioethics<http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1883&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html>
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>
Fortunately a load of toothless BS that will not stop anyone doing anything.
The real danger lies with Bush and his Fundies, but they are relatively
isolated internationally.
And we can always count on China not to go along with anything too
restrictive of radical biotech.

Dirk
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