Annan proposes global forum to address biotechnology's benefits
22 Nov '06
2 min read
Mr. Annan said the answer to the dilemmas posed by biotechnology “will require innovative solutions specific to the nature of the science; it may have more in common with measures against cybercrime than with the work to control nuclear proliferation. And it will need to ensure that humanity is not deprived of the enormous positive benefits which biotechnology offers.”
Previous winners of the Max Schmidheiny Freedom Prize, which was first awarded in 1979, include the International Committee of the Red Cross; Muhammad Yunus, the microfinance pioneer and winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize; the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson; and the author Maria Vargas Llosa.
The award honours persons and institutions which have contributed to the maintenance and further development of a free social and economic order.
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