UN Urged to Ignore Bush Plea for Human Cloning Ban
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Britain's national academy of science  urged the United Nations on Monday to ignore a call by  President Bush to ban all forms of human cloning.
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The United States yesterday lost ground in its three-year quest to outlaw cloning for research purposes, as the UN General Assembly prepared to adopt a declaration that allows nations to make their own rules.
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The Vatican, in its first speech ever to the U.N. General Assembly, called Wednesday for a total ban on human cloning and criticized the war in Iraq and unilateral responses to terrorism.
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By putting off a vote on banning all human cloning, nations have let embryo research for therapeutic reasons gain momentum. By Gregory M. Lamb | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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South Korea said on Tuesday it asked the United States to accept another year's delay in the drafting of a divisive treaty banning human cloning to allow time for a U.N. conference on the pros and cons of embryonic stem cell research.
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Britain's leading scientific institution said Monday it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty banning human cloning.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who recently angered the United States by calling the war in Iraq &quot;illegal,&quot; has weighed in again with a letter to President Bush, British Prime Minister
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is to urge the US to work with other nations rather than acting unilaterally.
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Leading scientists have urged peers not to block the use of human-animal hybrid embryos for research.
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The United States and other opponents of human cloning shelved their bid Friday for a UN treaty to ban the controversial procedure, unable to overcome opposition by nations seeking to allow cloning for embryonic stem cell research.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in his farewell address, criticized the Bush administration, warning that America must not sacrifice its Democratic ideals while waging war against terrorism.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan took on Tuesday, September 21, a fresh, though an implicit, jab at US President George W. Bush in a clear sign that world opinion was still far from making peace with the war in Iraq.
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A leading Vatican official on Friday condemned a US company's announcement that it had created cloned human embryos from adult skin cells.
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A divided United Nations on  Friday rejected a U.S.-led campaign to ban all cloning of human  embryos, including for stem-cell research, as a General  Assembly committee opted instead for a nonbinding declaration.
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The United States stressed on Thursday that it opposes Taiwan plans to hold a referendum on United Nations membership, while China urged Washington to help block the vote that it calls a dangerous provocation.
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A coalition of 125 scientific  and patients' groups urged the United Nations on Wednesday to  reject a global ban on stem cell research sought by the Bush  administration and more than 50 other countries.
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The Bush administration on Friday urged quick U.N. action on a global treaty to ban all cloning of human embryos, including for medical research, but diplomats said the measure would go nowhere before the Nov. 2 U.S. elections.