Belgium voted against the Declaration because it makes no distinction between reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning.

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It is essential that reproductive cloning be categorically prohibited.

South Africa, for its part, is against reproductive human cloning.

Mr. Lovald (Norway) The Norwegian Government opposes both reproductive cloning of human beings and cloning for therapeutic purposes.

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We also believe that the text of the resolution does not cover the fundamental and well known differences that exist between reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning.

For example, Singapore has not only consistently advocated the move to ban reproductive cloning, but we have gone ahead and introduced our own legislation to ban reproductive cloning and to strictly regulate all activities that might result in it.

In accordance with the Declaration, States will adopt relevant legislation which prohibits reproductive cloning but which allows, within the relevant legal framework, the development of therapeutic cloning.

The General Assembly has missed another opportunity to adopt a convention prohibiting reproductive cloning. Why is that so?

(a) Member States are called upon to prohibit the reproductive cloning of human beings they are also called upon to prohibit other forms of human cloning inasmuch as they are incompatible with human dignity

My delegation remains fully opposed to reproductive cloning owing to the doubtful nature of its safety, success, utility and ethical acceptability.

My delegation also regrets that the Sixth Committee has deviated from its original mandate to establish a ban on reproductive cloning.

We are convinced that there is a clear consensus in favour of the prohibition of the reproductive cloning of human beings.

United Nations On December 13, 2001, the United Nations General Assembly began elaborating an international convention against the reproductive cloning of humans.

There was then and there still is today unanimity in this House that reproductive cloning is an abhorrent prospect and must be banned unequivocally.

7. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty seventh session the item entitled International convention against the reproductive cloning of human beings .

My country remains convinced that, given the threat of dangerous experimentation that would represent an assault on human dignity, it is essential urgently to prohibit reproductive cloning.

In recent years, the World Health Assembly has addressed a number of specific issues in the field of biotechnology, such as genomics, transplantation and human reproductive cloning.

From the outset, my delegation warned that the creation of a simple and straightforward dichotomy between so called reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning was leading us towards an excessive simplification of the question, given all of the unknown factors that science has yet to uncover.

Mr. Zhang Yishan (China) (spoke in Chinese) Like many other countries, China supports the Assembly's efforts to negotiate an international convention against the reproductive cloning of human beings.

However, it should be stressed that the Chinese Government will maintain its stance against reproductive human cloning and will strengthen its regulation and control of research into therapeutic cloning in order to ensure that human dignity and the internationally shared ethical concept of human life will not be undermined.

Particularly concerned, in the context of practices which are contrary to human dignity, at recently disclosed information on the research being conducted with a view to the reproductive cloning of human beings,

The Russian Federation voted in favour of the draft resolution before us today, guided by the need to send a clear signal to the international community on the impermissibility of reproductive cloning.

The Spanish Government firmly opposes the reproductive cloning of human beings, but its position is different with regard to therapeutic cloning, which will probably be viewed positively in the draft law on biomedical research that is currently being formulated by the Government of Spain and will be submitted for consideration by Parliament in due course.

Four years ago, the General Assembly adopted resolution 56 93, endorsing the noble initiative put forward by France and Germany to begin work on an international convention to ban the reproductive cloning of human beings.

Although certain elements of the Declaration are in line with Canadian national law, such as the prohibition of reproductive cloning, the ambiguity of the Declaration's language could give rise to certain legal and political concerns.

As much as we favour a convention against reproductive cloning, from the four years of discussion of the issue in the Sixth Committee, we have, alas, concluded that the issue is not ripe for speedy codification.

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Our approach to therapeutic cloning thus remains unchanged.

At the same time, on account of the apparent doubts expressed during the discussion as to the interpretation of some of the provisions of the Declaration, my delegation would like to declare that Poland unequivocally and firmly opposes reproductive cloning of human embryos.

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South Africa will continue to strictly regulate therapeutic cloning.

In fact, my delegation recalls that a key amendment proposed in the Sixth Committee by Belgium to make it clear that subparagraph (b) is aimed at outlawing reproductive cloning was narrowly defeated by a vote of 55 against, to 52 in favour, with 42 abstentions.

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The Declaration annexed to the resolution is difficult to interpret as permitting therapeutic cloning and does not respect the differing views of Member States on therapeutic cloning.

1. Decides to establish an Ad Hoc Committee, open to all States Members of the United Nations or members of specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency, for the purpose of considering the elaboration of an international convention against the reproductive cloning of human beings

Mr. Gandhi (India) My delegation deeply regrets that the Sixth Committee was unable to recommend to the General Assembly a text that was acceptable to all Member States on a matter of paramount importance such as an international convention against the reproductive cloning of human beings.

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