Report on Trafficking in Organs, Tissues and Cells
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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 13 October, 2009 - To stop harmful trafficking in human organs, tissues and cells, a new international convention was needed to protect victims and prosecute offenders. In attendance at the Press conference were Marja Ruotanen, Director of Cooperation of the Council of Europe, which co-sponsored the study with the United Nations, Rachel Mayanja, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, and the co-authors of the study, Arthur Caplan, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics of the University of Pennsylvania and Carmen Prior, Public Prosecutor of Austria. Press Release: http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs//2009/091013_Organ_Trafficking.doc.htm
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