International

The World Medical Association (WMA) is an international organization of physicians that was established in 1947. The Declaration of Helsinki is their best-known policy statement. The first version was adopted in 1964 and has been amended six times since, most recently at the General Assembly in October 2008.

 The World Health Organization (WHO) is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

 Since its involvement in promoting international reflection on the ethics of life sciences in the 1970s, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) continues to build and reinforce linkages among ethicists, scientists, policy-makers and civil society to assist Member States in enacting sound and reasoned policies on ethical issues in science and technology.

 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has been working on biotechnology-related topics for over 25 years. These include scientific, industrial, health and agricultural applications. It also has a strong record on safety issues in biotechnology.

 The International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) is a unique project that brings together the regulatory authorities of Europe, Japan and the United States and experts from the pharmaceutical industry in the three regions to discuss scientific and technical aspects of product registration.

 The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is an independent, non-profit organization formed in 2002 to foster the exchange of information on stem cell research.

 The European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) is an international professional society founded in 1967 which promotes research in basic and applied human and medical genetics and facilitates contact between all persons who share these aims.

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