Recalling previous resolutions, notably the resolution adopted at Vienna in 1973, in favour of the protection and conservation of plant species, also the resolution adopted at Bangkok in 1991 on the deterioration of the human environment;
Considering with concern the development of genetically modified organisms by the new technologies;
Having studied the possible consequences on the human being and animals nurtured on modified cereals and legumes, for example making them insensitive to pesticides or even chemical products or medication;
Conscious of the risks that insufficient studies of the genetically modified organisms (GMO) present to the health of both humans and animals,
THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN Urges the affiliated National Councils
1. to call on their appropriate authorities in their respective countries to demand the suspension of all new authorisation on the marketing of these products, while waiting for the establishment as soon as possible, of guaranteed regulations labelling in detail the effects of these GMO
2. to recommend a world-wide moratorium of 10 years before any authorization is given to the purchase of Genetically Modified Organisms.
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Source: International Council of Women (ICW-CIF) — 29th General Assembly, Helsinki, Finland, July 2–8, 2000. Resolution No. 4.
