translate English to French: There was good reason to fear that if a convention banning all forms of cloning were not adopted in the very near future, given the rapidity of scientific advances, it would not be long before a cloned human baby made its appearance.
Si la convention interdisant le clonage des êtres humains sous toutes ses formes n'est pas adoptée immédiatement, le premier bébé cloné risque de faire très rapidement son apparition, compte tenu de la vitesse à laquelle la science évolue.