The World Assembly,
NOTING the absence of a resolution to ensure the rights of animals used for scientific research,
ACKNOWLEDGING that GAR#477, Convention on Animal Testing, was repealed,
RECOGNIZING the fact that animals suffer from intense pain when treated incorrectly during research,
UNDERSTANDING that animal research is also an important aspect of science, and therefore should not be completely outlawed,
hereby:
1. Defines:
- an animal as a non-sapient but still sentient creature,
- a research animal as an animal on which experimental products or tests are used,
- a testing facility as a location in which experiments on research animals are conducted,
- unethical research as research in a testing facility during which unnecessary harm and/or stress is inflicted to the research animal, whether physically or mentally, intentionally or unintentionally,
- ethical research as research in a testing facility during which no unnecessary harm or stress is inflicted to the research animal,
2. Outlaws unethical research and the inhumane killing of research animals under any conditions,
3. Re-establishes the World Assembly Board of Bioethics (WABB), tasked with reporting unethical research to the local authorities,
4. Requires a member of the WABB to be present at every testing facility, to oversee animal research and ensure animals are treated correctly,
5. Mandates member nations to proportionally punish research facilities violating this resolution,
6. Mandates that after research:
- The research animal is returned to the wild if it was captured from the wild, is healthy, is capable of surviving in the wild and not an invasive species,
- The research animal is given to a person or organization capable of taking care of the animal, if it doesn't fit the requirements for being released into the wild, and is in good condition,
- The research animal is humanely euthanized if it cannot be released or adopted,
7. Encourages testing facilities to use other methods of testing that do not require a testing animal.
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