Russia drafts agreements on adoption with several European countries

MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is drafting agreements on child adoption with France, Spain, Britain and Israel, Deputy Minister of Education and Science Sergei Vitelis said on Thursday.

"Foreign adoptions should be put into action only on the basis of such agreements. We will hold all countries to this," Russian Children's Ombudsman press service cited Vitelis as saying.

The draft agreements are similar to the one being discussed with the U.S. A senior U.S. delegation arrived in Russia for talks on adoption issues on Thursday and will hold a preliminary meeting on Friday ahead of key Moscow talks, which are planned for May 12.

Of the 18 Russian children whose deaths were caused by their foreign adoptive parents since the collapse of the Soviet Union, 17 of these cases occurred in the U.S., Vitelis said.

Actualité Vietnam (29 Avril 2010)

L’extension de licence d’activité AFA a été signée par le Ministère de la Justice vietnamien pour la province de Lang Son (Nord Vietnam) le 8 avril 2010.

L’AFA, aujourd’hui :

a 10 licences d’exercice : Nam Dinh, Bac Kan, Bac Ninh, Ba ria-Vung Tau, Phu Tho, Vinh Long, Thai Nguyen, Ha Nam et Hung Yen.

Elle attend la licence d’activité pour 1 province.

Présentation du Rapport Général 2009 de l’A.F.A.

L’Agence Française de l’Adoption entre dans sa quatrième année d’existence. Ce n’est plus un opérateur nouveau dans l’adoption mais c’est encore une structure dont le développement et l’implantation dans les pays à enjeux ne sont pas parvenus à maturité. L’année 2009 a permis de consolider l’implantation en Afrique et en Asie. L’année 2010 doit être l’année de l’implantation durable de l’Agence en Haïti, dans le respect le plus strict des droits des enfants compte tenu des évènements récents et aussi l’année de la réussite de l’implantation de l’Agence en Russie.

La nouvelle direction, installée au printemps 2009, s’est employée à renforcer la qualité du service apporté aux familles candidates, à tisser des liens avec de nouveaux pays et à entretenir les relations avec nos pays partenaires. Elle s’est enfin employée, dans le contexte actuel de revue générale des politiques publiques, à mieux optimiser encore les ressources de l’Agence.

L’année 2010 devrait être aussi l’année au cours de laquelle le principal verrou qui empêche l’Agence d’être plus performante sera levé. En effet, l’Agence est handicapée dans un certain nombre de pays par le fait qu’elle ne peut pas, de par la loi, financer des projets de coopération, contrairement à ce que peuvent faire les autres acteurs de l’adoption.

Un projet de loi devrait être voté au cours de cette année autorisant l’Agence à financer de tels projets.

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CE va "urmari indeaproape" situatia adoptiilor internationale din Romania

Publicat: 28 Aprilie 2010 @ 14:36

Viviane Reding, vicepresedinte al Comisiei Europene si comisar pentru justitie, libertate si securitate, a raspuns unei intrebari a unui europarlamentar roman, legata de adoptii. Comisarul nu da curs cererii de a se pozitiona impotriva liberalizarii adoptiilor internationala in Romania, dar promite ca in orice decizie sa primeze interesele copiilor.

Europarlamentarul Sabin Cutas a primit, marti, raspunsul vicepresedintei Comisiei Europene Viviane Reding, care este comisarul pentru justitie, libertate si securitate, la scrisoarea adresata de Cutas privind liberalizarea adoptiilor internationale in contextul conferintei Comisiei Europene si a Consiliului Europei cu tema "Provocari ale procedurilor de adoptie in Europa".

Prin scrisoare, Sabin Cutas atragea atentia asupra cazului Romaniei si cerea CE sa nu sustina liberalizarea adoptiilor internationale in aceasta tara. onform raspunsului oferit de comisarul european, "participantii la conferinta au fost informati asupra principiilor care formeaza Conventia din 1993 privind adoptiile internationale, asupra aplicarii acesteia si a rezultatelor studiilor comparate lansate recent de catre Comisia Europeana si Parlamentul European".

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

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Kaski to crack down on illegally-run children homes

SANTOSH POKHAREL

POKHARA, April 27: The Kaski district administration has said it will take action against illegally-run children homes

[orphanages] in the district.

A children home can operate only after getting permission from the Central Children Welfare Committee (CCWC) on the recommendation of the district administration and district children welfare committee. But nine out of the 56 operating children homes here have not received such permission.

A ROMANIAN woman is trying to give away an abandoned autistic child — ten years after she adopted her.

Mihaela Popa adopted the girl aged 18 months in 1999 but claims doctors failed to tell her she was suffering from the developmental disability.

She has now asked a court to overturn the adoption so she can get rid of the teenager.

Child protection spokeswoman Svetlana Mihulet said: "The adoptive mother announced to us she wanted to cancel the adoption. A trial is under way.

"This is a very delicate case. Our only goal is to defend the child's superior interest."

Kay Warren Questions Christianity of Persons who Neglect Orphans

Don't call yourself a believer if you're not caring for orphans, said Kay Warren. "If we are doing little to nothing, how dare we, how dare we claim to be followers of Jesus Christ."

Sat, Apr. 24, 2010 Posted: 11:10 AM EDT