ITALY WILL SUPPORT THE L.27 DECLARATION ON HUMAN

UNCLAS ROME 000706

SIPDIS


DEPARTMENT FOR IO/T (JANE COWLEY)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KSCA IT UNGA
SUBJECT: ITALY WILL SUPPORT THE L.27 DECLARATION ON HUMAN
CLONING

REF: STATE 033944


1. On March 1, SCICOUNS delivered points in reftel to the
Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Health, and also to the
Prime Minister's office. Counselor Alessandro Busacca, Head
of Office I (UN Affairs) of the MFA's Directorate General for
Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights, responded
that Italy will support UNGA approval of the Sixth (Legal)
Committee's recommendation for UNGA to adopt Declaration
L.27, para 10, which calls upon Member States to prohibit all
forms of human cloning. Busacca noted that the Italian
delegation intends to keep in close contact with the U.S.
delegation.

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