Archived Policies
Archived and rescinded policies
The following WMA policies have been rescinded by the WMA General Assembly and are no longer active.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WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Kigali, Rwanda 2023
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Berlin, Germany 2022
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly (online), London, United Kingdom 2021
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly (online), Cordoba, Spain 2020
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Tbilisi, Georgia 2019
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Reykjavik, Iceland 2018
- WMA Statement on Professional Responsibility for Standards of Medical Care
- WMA Resolution to Reaffirm the WMA’s Prohibition of Physician Participation in Capital Punishment
- WMA Resolution on Physician Participation in Capital Punishment
- WMA Resolution on Poppies for Medicine Project for Afghanistan
- WMA Resolution on the Economic Crisis: Implications for Health
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Chicago, USA 2017
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Taipei, Taiwan 2016
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Moscow, Russia 2015
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Durban, South Africa 2014
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Fortaleza, Brazil 2013
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Bangkok, Thailand 2012
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Vancouver, Canada 2010
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, New Delhi, India 2009
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Seoul, Korea 2008
- WMA Resolution on The SIrUS Project: "Towards a Determination of which Weapons cause 'Superfluous Injury or Unnecessary Suffering'"
- WMA Resolution on Reported Violations of Health Related Human Rights in Kosovo
- WMA Resolution on the Prohibition of Access of Women to Health Care and the Prohibition of Practice by Female Doctors in Afghanistan
WMA Policies that were rescinded and archived at the WMA General Assembly, Pilanesberg, South Africa 2006
- WMA Statement on In-Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transplantation
- WMA Statement on Ethical Aspects of Embryonic Reduction
- WMA Statement on Fetal Tissue Transplantation
- World Medical Association Statement on AIDS
- WMA Statement on the Professional Responsibility of Physicians in Treating Aids Patients
- WMA Statement on Issues Raised by the HIV Epidemic
- WMA Statement on the Use of Computer in Medicine
- WMA Statement on Accountability, Responsibilities and Ethical Guidelines in the Practice of Telemedicine
- WMA Statement on Home Medical Monitoring,"Tele-Medicine" and Medical Ethics
- WMA Statement on the Care of Patients with Severe Chronic Pain in Terminal Illness
- WMA Statement on the Use and Misuse of Psychotropic Drugs
- WMA Statement on the Prescription of Substitute Drugs in the Outpatient Treatment of Addicts to Opiate Drugs Print PDF Send
- WMA Statement on Drug Treatment of Tuberculosis
- World Medical Association Declaration of Rancho Mirage on Medical Education
- World Medical Association Declaration - WMA 5th World Conference on Medical Education
- WMA Resolution on Avian Influenza
- WMA 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
- WMA Statement on Genetic Counseling and Genetic Engineering
- WMA Declaration on the Human Genome Project
- WMA Resolution on Cloning
- WMA Resolution on Medical Group Practice
- WMA Declaration on Chemical and Biological Weapons
- WMA Declaration on Physician Independence and Professional Freedom
- WMA Resolution on Human Rights
- WMA Statement on Generic Drug Substitution
- World Medical Association Resolution on Therapeutic Substitution
- World Medical Association Statement on Medical Malpractice
- WMA Declaration of Sao Paulo on Pollution
- World Medical Association Statement on Medical Manpower - I
- World Medical Association Statement on Medical Manpower - II
- World Medical Association Statement on Medical Manpower - III
- WMA Statement on Infant Health
- WMA Resolution on Generic Drugs
- WMA Statement on Tobacco Manufacture, Import, Export, Sale and Advertising
- WMA Resolution to Prohibit Smoking on International Flights
- World Medical Association Statement on Safety in the Workplace
- World Medical Association Recommendations Concerning Medical Care in Rural Areas
- World Medical Association Statement on Persistent Vegetative State
- WMA Resolution on the Testing of Nuclear Weapons