Snead O Carter
University of Notre Dame Law School, PO Box 780, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
J Med Philos. 2009 Jun;34(3):204-22. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhp024. Epub 2009 Apr 23.
The following article analyzes the process of conception, elaboration, and adoption of the Universal Declaration of Bioethics and Human Rights, and reflects on the lessons it might hold for public bioethics on the international level. The author was involved in the process at a variety of levels: he provided advice to the IBC on behalf of the President's Council of Bioethics; he served as the U.S. representative to UNESCO's Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee; and led the U.S. Delegation in the multilateral negotiation of Government experts that culminated in the adoption of the declaration in its final form. The author is currently serving a 4-year term as a member of UNESCO's International Bioethics Committee.
以下文章分析了《世界生物伦理与人权宣言》的构思、拟订和通过过程，并思考了它可能为国际层面的公共生物伦理提供的经验教训。作者在多个层面参与了该过程：他代表总统生物伦理委员会向国际生物伦理委员会提供建议；他担任美国驻联合国教科文组织政府间生物伦理委员会代表；并在政府专家的多边谈判中领导美国代表团，最终促成了该宣言最终形式的通过。作者目前正在担任联合国教科文组织国际生物伦理委员会成员，任期四年。
