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Working Group to Finalize the Text of a United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning

A/DEC/59/547View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the General Assembly, published in 2005.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects
DeclarationsHuman GeneticsHuman Reproductive TechnologyInternational Instruments

What’s in this document?

4 paragraphs
At its 76th plenary meeting, on 23 December 2004, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee,143 took note of the decision of the Sixth Committee to establish a Working Group to finalize the text of a United Nations declaration on human cloning, on the basis of the draft resolution entitled “United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning”, 144 and report to the Sixth Committee during the current session. The Working Group would meet on 14, 15 and 18 February 2005. The Sixth Committee would meet in the afternoon of 18 February to consider and take action on the report of the Working Group. The Working Group would be open to all States Members of the United Nations or members of specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The Chairman of the Sixth Committee would be Chairman of the Working Group and members of the Bureau of the Sixth Committee would serve as Friends of the Chairman.
138 A/C.5/58/16. 139 A/59/280 and Corr. 1. 140 A/59/280/Add.1. 141 A/59/78. 142 A/C.5/59/12. 143 A/59/516, para. 11 and Corr.1. 144 A/C.6/59/L.26.
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