Contains various correspondence concerning Waddington's involvement with raising awareness of the biological effects of radiation and his involvement with the Panel on the Genetic Effects of Nuclear and Allied Radiation, including a copy of the draft report to be transmitted by the Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation to the General Assembly of the United Nations (01 October 1957).

Contains correspondence with the Human Rights Division of the United Nations, relating to the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2721 (XXV) 'Human Rights and Scientific and Technological Developments'.

Also includes correspondence with publishers W.H Freeman, Penguin Books and Edinburgh University Press regarding the publication of the proceedings of the symposium papers, including an article by Waddington. Penguin and W.H Freeman both ultimately turned down the manuscript, and the proceedings were eventually published by Edinburgh University Press in 1972.

The material chiefly contains meeting papers and reports.