UN General Assembly
2004

the moment of conception. It necessarily follows, therefore, that to defend life is to defend the very essence of man itself, all the promises, joys and hopes of the human being. I believe in science within ethical limits. As a medical doctor, I reject human cloning, while I firmly support research on adult stem cells, which does not present the same ethical and legal problems as does cloning. I invite you all to join us in our efforts to adopt an international convention to ban all forms of human cloning. We owe a great debt to nature. It is time to ensure that globalization be sustainable from an ecological point of view, in order to maintain the viability of human life on planet Earth. Notwithstanding the commitment of 120 nations, we have been unable to obtain the necessary support for the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol. In 2001, the High-Level Panel on Financing for Development proposed that the various international 27 entities on environment be consolidated into a single organization with a standing similar to that of the