resolution supported by Russia to allow research to continue for at least five more years met with considerable opposition yesterday when the issue was discussed in a WHA committee, says Edward Hammond, an activist for destruction who has closely monitored the debates and reported on them via his T
Those who had pushed for destruction of the virus said they were also satisfied. "The outcome shows destruction is imminent," said Edward Hammond, a consultant for the Third World Network, a nongovernmental organization based in Malaysia that advocates for smallpox-virus destruction. The U.S-led res