Traduction de «Conseil mondiale d'éthique des droits de l'animal » (Français → Anglais) :

Using this ethical framework as a point of departure, the EGE also makes recommendations on a plethora of issues, such as: revision of EU Common Agriculture Policy, technology impact assessment of agricultural technologies; the right to food; Sustainability of agriculture technologies; Food safety; Agricultural biodiversity; Soil and water protection; Biofuels; GM crops; Research in agricultural sciences; policy-making in arable agriculture; Global trade in agricultural products; Intellectual Property Rights system; Fair competition and “vertical monopolies”; Food prices; Societal aspects; Public participation; Responsibi ...[+++]lity of EU citizens; Food waste etc.

At a meeting of the WTO Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property rights (TRIPS) Council, the EU put forward options to address a key issue that remained unresolved with the landmark Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial last November in Doha.

The Council also recalls the right of the members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to invoke the relevant provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) to address national health policy concerns.

These include, inter alia, principles reflected in the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union, protection of human dignity and human life, protection of personal data and privacy as well as the environment in accordance with Community law and, where relevant, international conventions, such as the Declaration of Helsinki, the Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine signed in Oviedo on 4 April 1997 and the Additional Protocol on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings signed in Paris on 12 January 1998, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights adopted by UNESCO, and the relevant World Health Organisation (WHO) resolutions, the Amsterdam Pr ...[+++]otocol on Animal Protection and Welfare; and current legislation, regulations and ethical guidelines in countries where the research will be carried out.

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE MINISTERS FOR HEALTH OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL, Having regard to the Treaties establishing the European Communities, Having regard to their common approach to combating AIDS, worked out in 1986 and subsequently expanded (1), Remain concerned by the increase in the AIDS epidemic in the Member States of the Community and by its social, economic, legal and ethical consequences; Recall their conclusions of 16 May 1989 (2) affirming that contamination by drug injection ...[+++] is a major concern of the health authorities; Stress the very considerable efforts made by all Member States in the fields of research, treatment and prevention as well as the major endeavour to coordinate research at Community level; Note that, in spite of encouraging progress achieved in research, effective vaccines and treatment will not be widely available for several years; Reiterate the importance of international cooperation, in particular with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Council of Europe; Consider it advisable to reaffirm and specify, for the attention of all European citizens, the principles which should guide them in preventing and combating AIDS; Draw attention also to their conclusions of 15 May 1987 (3) in which they decided to draw up an action and coordination plan for adoption by the Member States and at Community level; Therefore agree to step up the coordination of national and Community projects and promote activities of common interest.

NCEHR's council now includes representatives from aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities, and a variety of disciplines, including ethics, law, sociology, nursing, medicine, philosophy, sociology and journalism.