Description: The General Assembly,
Applauding modern medicine for saving countless lives by such means as organ transplantations and blood transfusions,
Believing there should be minimum safety standards in these areas,
Concerned that there are a number of false rumors about the donation of organs, tissues, and blood that decrease donation rates,
Recognizing that low rates of organ, tissue, and blood donations can increase the mortality rates of member states,
Convinced that promotion of the inalienable right to life and the right to health necessitate measures that benefit public health,
Seeking to protect, enhance, and extend the lives of the people of member states,
1. Legalizes the donation, transplantation, and transfusion of organs, tissues, blood, and components thereof in all member states;
2. Prohibits the removal of organs, tissues, blood, and components thereof from live patients without informed consent unless otherwise dictated in another one of this Assembly's resolutions;
3. Urges every member state to adopt an opt-out system of post-mortem organ donation, or organ harvesting;
4. Mandates the use of sterile needles for all blood donations and transfusions;
5. Orders that compatibility testing be done regarding all blood donations and transfusions in order to prevent negative transfusion reactions resulting from incompatible blood types;
6. Requires that all donated blood, organs, tissues, and components thereof be tested for transferable infections and diseases;
7. Forbids transplantation or transfusion of infected and/or diseased blood, organs, tissues, or components thereof from one person (a donor) to another person (a recipient);
8. Decrees that every member state shall enact legislation establishing minimum safety standards for the storage of organs, tissues, blood, and components thereof;
9. Encourages the healthcare systems of member states to donate surpluses of organs, tissues, blood, and components thereof to other nations;
10. Directs the World Health Authority to make information about organ, tissue, and blood donations available to the people of member states in order to dispel any false rumors that may reduce donation rates; and
11. Calls upon the World Health Authority to promote research regarding artificial blood and organs.
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