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The legal committee of the United Nations General Assembly has adopted a non-binding declaration calling on governments to ban all forms of human cloning.
The proposal, put forth by Honduras with the support of the United States, deeply divided the committee. A Belgian compromise text making a special provision for stem cell research failed to gain enough support.
Countries backing the declaration argue that all cloning, even when carried out for medical purposes, amounts to interfering with life. Critics of the declaration point out that stem cell research is of critical importance in the fight against diseases such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's.
(rnw.nl)
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