Topic: Privacy of Personal Genetic Information
Country: Japan
Delegate Name: Paul Farah
School: Flint Southwestern Classical Academy
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Japan position papers GLIMUN 2010 committees
In the country of Japan, a person’s genetic information can be acquired very easily. With the knowledge of someone’s personal genetic information you can screen their personal history, their medical history, and also their future prognosis. Since someone’s genetic information can be found so easily, it can lead to social discrimination and social classification. There is a problem with being able to access someone’s personal genetic information. With being able to view someone’s genetic information people that are sick or will be sick have to pay higher taxes, people will arrange marriages because they don’t want their son or daughter to marry someone who is sick or will be sick, people will hide the fact that a close family member has a genetic disorder, and also people with genetic disorders will be discriminated and so will their family members because people will assume that all the members will have that disease whether they actually do or not. I think that it is normal for someone to not want their son, daughter, or any other family member to marry a person with a genetic disorder Japan think that someone’s genetic information should be kept to themselves and their family members. This must be adressed in the formal form of a resolution. The only time someone should learn about another person’s genetic information is if they’re thinking about getting married. Other than that a person’s genetic information should be kept private so no one will be discriminated against of classified poorly.
