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19 European countries ban human cloning [CNN]
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> 19 EUROPEAN NATIONS SIGN BAN ON HUMAN CLONING
>
> Britain, Germany not among signatories
>
> January 12, 1998
> Web posted at: 8:00 p.m. EST (0100 GMT)
>
> PARIS (CNN) -- Nineteen European nations on Monday signed an
> agreement to prohibit the cloning of humans.
>
> Representatives from 19 members of the Council of Europe signed a
> protocol that would commit their countries to ban by law "any
> intervention seeking to create human beings genetically identical to
> another human being, whether living or dead." It rules out any
> exception to the ban, even in the case of a completely sterile
> couple.
>
> "At a time when occasional voices are being raised to assert the
> acceptability of human cloning and even to put it more rapidly into
> practice, it is important for Europe solemnly to declare its
> determination to defend human dignity against the abuse of
> scientific techniques," Council Secretary-General Daniel Tarchys
> said.
>
> The text, which is to become a part of the European Convention on
> Human Rights and Biomedicine, would permit cloning of cells for
> research purposes.CNN's Margaret Lowrie reports
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> The accord will become binding on the signatories as soon as it has
> been ratified in five states.
>
> Countries signing are: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece,
> Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Moldova, Norway, Portugal,
> Romania, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Macedonia and Turkey.
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