The Transhumanist Declaration was drafted in 1998 by an international group of philosophers and scientists including Nick Bostrom, David Pearce, Max More, Natasha Vita-More, Anders Sandberg and around twenty others, under the auspices of the World Transhumanist Association. It was revised into its current eight-point form and adopted by the Humanity+ board in March 2009. Its commitments are broader than the popular caricature: alongside the expansion of human capacities it commits signatories to the reduction of suffering for all sentient beings, to taking seriously the risk of catastrophic outcomes, and to wide rather than elite access to enhancement. It functions as a statement of shared position rather than a creed — nobody is asked to sign it to participate, and no body enforces it.