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Germany seeks sweeping UN cloning ban 31 October 2003 NEW YORK - Germany is advocating a broad, worldwide ban on human cloning at the United Nations, a high-ranking Foreign Ministry official said in New York. Kerstin Mueller told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that she has found strong support at the world organization for a strong anti- cloning convention during discussions with diplomats including John Negroponte, United States ambassador to the UN. Germany, which outlawed all human cloning last year in legislation passed with cross-party support, is seeking a global ban that would include therapeutic cloning. Advocates of therapeutic cloning in Great Britain, Japan, China and Brazil expect the method to eventually produce replacements for damaged or diseased human tissue and organs. DPA SOURCE: Expatica http://213.159.10.102/germany.asp?pad=190,205,&item_id=35403 * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn