There are six points in the IUF resolution.

 

1.  To mobilize our affiliated organizations and urge them to discuss with the rest of society and governments the possible consequences of NT

 

 

2.  To demand that governments and the international organizations concerned apply the Precautionary Principle, prohibiting the sale of food, beverages and fodder, and all agricultural inputs which contain nanotechnology, until it is shown that they are safe and to approve an international system of regulation specifically designed to analyze these products

 

 

3.  To demand that national and international patent offices, like the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), decline to register all patent applications utilizing nanotechnology in the food industry and agriculture, until larger issues such as their social and environmental impact have been assessed with the participation of all stakeholders

  

 

4.  To demand that the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) update the Codex Alimentarius, taking into account the use of nanotechnology in food and agriculture

 

 

5.  To request the WHO to initiate short and long-term studies into the potential effects of nanotechnology -especially nanoparticles- on the health of the technicians and workers that produce them, users and consumers

 

 

6.  To request the International Labour Organization (ILO) to carry out an urgent study into the possible impact of nanotechnology on conditions of work and employment in agriculture and in the food industry. Following completion of the study, a Tripartite Conference on the subject must be convened as soon as possible

 

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March, 2007