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Declarations:

·       UNESCO Universal Declaration On The Human Genome And Human Rights

·       UNESCO International Declaration on Human Genetic Data (16 October, 2003; pdf)

·       UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (19 October, 2005; pdf)

Other books:

·       UNESCO, Establishing Bioethics Committees, 2005 72pp. (pdf)

·       Ethics in Asia-Pacific Bergstrom, Philip, ed, 2004, 372pp. (pdf)

·       The Precautionary Principle, COMEST Precautionary Principle Expert Group, 2005 (pdf)

·       Report on Nanotechnology, COMEST Nanotechnology and ethics expert group, 2005 (pdf)

IBC reports:

(International Bioethics Committee)

·       Report of the IBC on the Possibility of Elaborating a Universal Instrument on Bioethics (2003), Giovanni Berlinguer and Leonardo De Castro (Rapporteurs) (pdf)

·       Report of the IBC on Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis and Germ-line Intervention (2003), Hans Galjaard (Rapporteur) (pdf)

·       Human Genetic Data: Preliminary Study by the IBC on its Collection, Processing, Storage and Use (2002), Sylvia Rumball and Alexander McCall Smith (Rapporteurs) (pdf)

·       Report of the IBC on Ethics, Intellectual Property and Genomics (2002), Justice Michael Kirby (Rapporteur) (pdf)

·       Report of the IBC on Solidarity and International Co-operation between Developed and Developing Countries concerning the Human Genome (2001), Mehmet …ztŸrk (Rapporteur) (pdf)

·       The Use of Embryonic Stem Cells in Therapeutic Research (2001), Alexander McCall Smith and Michel Revel (Rapporteurs) (pdf)

·       Report on Confidentiality and Genetic Data (2000), Working Group of the IBC on Confidentiality and Genetic Data (pdf)

·       Ethical Considerations Regarding Access to Experimental Treatment and Experimentation on Human Subjects (1996), Harold Edgar and Ricardo Cruz-Coke (Rapporteurs) (pdf)

·       Food, Plant Biotechnology and Ethics (1995), Darryl Macer (Rapporteur) (pdf)

·       Bioethics and Human Population Genetics Research (1995), Chee Heng Leng, Laila El-Hamamsy, John Fleming, Norio Fujiki, Genoveva Keyeux, Bartha Maria Knoppers and Darryl Macer (pdf)

·       Genetic Counselling (1995), Michel Revel (Rapporteur) (pdf)

·       Ethics and Neurosciences (1995), Mr Jean-Didier Vincent (Rapporteur) (pdf)

·       Report on Human Gene Therapy (1994), Mr Harold Edgar and Mr Thomas Tursz (Rapporteurs) (pdf)

·       Report on Genetic Screening and Testing (1994), Mr David Shapiro (Rapporteur) (pdf)

·       Advice of the IBC on the Patentability of the Human Genome, 2001. (pdf)

UNESCO Bangkok related ethics projects

·       A Cross Cultural Introduction to Bioethics (2006 resource/textbook) (NEW TEXT BOOK!)

·       Download the Teaching guide, references, Internet links (regularly updated)

·       Bioethics education textbook project

·       International Bioethics Education textbook project list serve

·       Multilingual on-line resources for bioethics education

·       Bioethics for students list serve (all welcome)

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Regional Advisor on Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific,
RUSHSAP, UNESCO Bangkok,
920 Sukhumwit Road,
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Thailand 10110
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