Archive of Rescinded Policies
Archive of Rescinded Policies The following WMA policies have been rescinded by the WMA General Assembly and are no longer active. They are included here for historical purposes only and must not be cited as current official WMA policy.
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Bangkok, Thailand 2012
- Resolution on the Provision of Health Care Services in Afghanistan
- Resolution on the Pan American Health Organization
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Vancouver, Canada 2010
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, New Delhi, India 2009
- Declaration of Madrid on Professional Autonomy and Self-Regulation :
This document has been replaced by the
“Declaration of Seoul on Professional Autonomy and Clinical Independence” (2008)
and a completely rewritten “Declaration of Madrid on Professionally-led Regulation” (2009)
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Seoul, Korea 2008
- Resolution on the SIrUS Project
- Resolution on Reported Violations on Health Related Human Rights in Kosovo
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Pilanesberg, South Africa 2006
- Statement on In-vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transplantation
- Statement on Ethical Aspects of Embryonic Reduction
- Statement on Fetal Tissue Transplantation
- Statement on AIDS
- Statement on the Professional Responsibility of Physicians in Treating AIDS Patients
- Statement on Issues Raised by the HIV Epidemic
- Statement on the Use of Computer in Medicine
- Statement on Accountability, Responsibilities and Ethical Guidelines in the Practice of Telemedicine
- Statement on Home Medical Monitoring, Tele-Medicine and Medical Ethics
- Statement on the Care of Patients with Severe Chronic Pain in Terminal Illness
- Statement on the Use and Misuse of Psychotropic Drugs
- Statement on the Prescription of Substitute Drugs in the Outpatient Treatment of Addicts to Opiate Drugs
- Statement on Drug Treatment of Tuberculosis
- Declaration of Rancho Mirage on Medical Education
- Fifth World Conference on Medical Education
- Resolution on Avian Influenza
- Statement on the Twelve Principles of Provision of Health Care in any National Health Care System
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Santiago 2005
- Statement on Genetic Counseling and Engineering
- Declaration on the Human Genome Project
- Resolution on Cloning
- Resolution on Medical Group Practice
- Declaration on Chemical and Biological Weapons
- Declaration on Physician Independence and Professional Freedom
- Resolution on Human Rights
- Statement on Generic Drug Substitution
- Resolution on Therapeutic Substitution
- Statement on Medical Malpractice
- Declaration of São Paulo Statement on Pollution
- Statement on Medical Manpower I
- Statement on Medical Manpower II
- Statement on Medical Manpower III
- Statement of Policy on Infant Health
- Resolution on Generic Drugs
- Statement on Tobacco Manufacture, Import, Export, Sale and Advertising
- Resolution to Prohibit Smoking on International Flights
- Statement on Safety in the Workplace
- Recommendations Concerning Medical Care in Rural Areas
- Statement on Persistent Vegetative State
- Resolution on the Testing of Nuclear Weapons