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UNESCO, genetics, and human rights.

Noëlle Lenoir
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In response to a mandate conferred on the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) of UNESCO in November 1993, the IBC has drafted a "universal declaration on the human genome and human rights," which will be considered by the General Conference of UNESCO in November 1997. This article discusses the development of the document and provides the text of the "revised preliminary draft" of the declaration.

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Noëlle Lenoir. 1997. UNESCO, genetics, and human rights.. https://doi.org/10.1353/ken.1997.0005

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