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31.01.1999 · Research Group on the Global Future

World Heritage Convention

UNESCO, Paris 1972

Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (including official translations into English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic).

Agenda 21 - Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

By the UN, Rio de Janeiro, June 1992

See especially Chapter 15, Conservation of Biological Diversity.
German Version.

Convention on Biological Diversity

By the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Everything related to the Convention on Biological Diversity, as opened for signature during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the Rio Earth Summit). Full Text of the Convention as well as biodiversity related conventions and programmes.

Environmental Biotechnology

By the European Federation of Biotechnology Task Group on Public Perceptions of Biotechnology, June 1995

Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine

By the Council of Europe, Orviedo, April 1997

Convention for the protection of human rights and dignity of the human being with regard to the application of biology and medicine. German version.

Additional protocol on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings

By the Council of Europe, Paris, January 1998

A Universal Declaration On The Human Genome And Human Rights

Full length version of the UNESCO Declaration on The Human Genome And Human Rights as adopted on July 25, 1997 in Paris

Previous drafts are also to be found along with a German translation of the declaration.

Science and Sustainability

By John R Krebs, Queen's lecture at Berlin's Technical University, 1997

Comprehensive yet comprehensible lecture on sustainability and related issues such as biodiversity and the health of the environment, given by John R. Krebs, Chief Executive Natural Environment Research Council (UK).

Engineering the Human Germline: An Examination of the Immediate Prospects for Preimplanation Genetic Therapy

Symposium held on March 20, 1998, at the Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life, University of California, Los Angeles

During this one-day public discussion scientists and ethicists dealt explicitly with the possibilities and challenges of human germline engineering, one of the most difficult topics in the realm of genetics. The symposium gives an overview of the key points for promoting the potential of human germline engineering over the next twenty years.

Telepolis: Special on Cloning (Klonierung)

1998. Various articles (in German) on cloning and related issues.Telepolis, in general, is an inspiring source for current articles on genetics and biotechnology. Various articles are also available in English.