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Statement on U.N. Non-Binding Declaration Banning Human Cloning March 8, 2005 Daniel Perry, President, CAMR Today, with less than a majority of countries, the United Nations passed a non-binding declaration seeking to ban all forms of human cloning, including therapeutic cloning used to cure diseases. Over the past three years, the Bush Administration, along with the government of Costa Rica, has been urging the U.N. to pass a full treaty banning cloning. But in the end, only a non-binding declaration was passed today by the global body. The non-binding declaration is a toothless attempt to ban all forms of human cloning. Unfortunately, all countries could have agreed upon a treaty banning reproductive cloning, which seeks to create babies. But since the Administration wanted to push for a broader ban to include cloning of stem cells which could be used for research and therapeutic purposes, the global body was only able to pass a watered-down document, which in the end does neither. Since the declaration is unenforceable by law, countries will continue to pursue therapeutic cloning research which seeks to develop stem cells to cure some of life's most debilitating diseases. The Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR), a non-partisan non-profit, is comprised of nationally-recognized patient organizations, universities, scientific societies, foundations, and individuals with life-threatening illnesses and disorders, advocating for the advancement of breakthrough research and technologies in regenerative medicine - including stem cell research and somatic cell nuclear transfer - in order to cure disease and alleviate suffering. For more information on CAMR, visit the website: www.camradvocacy.org Rayilyn Brown Board Member AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn