A/RES/59/280 United Nations Distr.: General 23 March 2005 General Assembly Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 150 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 March 2005 [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/59/516/Add.1)] 59/280. United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 53/152 of 9 December 1998, by which it endorsed the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights, 1 Approves the United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning annexed to the present resolution. 82nd plenary meeting 8 March 2005 Annex United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights, adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on 11 November 1997,1 and in particular article 11 thereof, which states that practices which are contrary to human dignity, such as the reproductive cloning of human beings, shall not be permitted, Recalling also its resolution 53/152 of 9 December 1998, by which it endorsed the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights, Aware of the ethical concerns that certain applications of rapidly developing life sciences may raise with regard to human dignity, human rights and the fundamental freedoms of individuals, Reaffirming that the application of life sciences should seek to offer relief from suffering and improve the health of individuals and humankind as a whole, 1 04-49306 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General Conference, Twenty-ninth Session, Paris, 21 October-12 November 1997, vol. 1: Resolutions, resolution 16.