Adopted by the WMA General Assembly, Pilanesberg, South Africa, October 2006

RECALLING the WMA Declaration on Nuclear Weapons that was adopted at the WMA General Assembly in Ottawa, Canada, in October 1998;

The WMA:

1. Denounces North Korean nuclear testing conducted at a time of heightened global vigilance on nuclear testing and arsenals;
   
2. Calls for the immediate abandonment of the testing of nuclear weapons; and
   
3. Requests all member National Medical Associations to urge their governments to understand the adverse health and environmental consequences of the testing and use of nuclear weapons.

14.10.2006