The French and German governments have come together in a request to the United Nations to approve a measure seeking a worldwide ban on human cloning for reproductive purposes, according to an article in the New York Times (August 22).

In a joint statement, the two nations have called on Secretary General Kofi Annan to present their proposal to the General Assembly. They urge the creation of a working group to draft a convention that would ban reproductive cloning as an offense “to human dignity.”

Published in VSHL Lifesaver, October 2001