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Sunday, March 13, 2005

U.N. Resolution to Ban Human Cloning Passed

Apparently this is not a ban and has no binding affect, so exactly what the point of it all was, I don't really know?

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2005/03/08/954488-ap.html

Some Quotes..
"The document, which has no legal force, passed by a vote of 84-34, with 37 abstentions. The United States was joined by many African, Arab and Latin American states in voting for it; mostly European and Asian countries opposed"

"The declaration voted on today is a weak, non-binding political statement that does not reflect anything approaching consensus within the General Assembly nor will it affect the United Kingdom's strong support of stem cell research," Britain's UN Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry said.