One World Adoption Services Goes Out Of Business

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One World Adoption Services Goes Out Of Business

One World Adoption Services (OWAS) of Georgia, USA, operated by psychology graduate, Susan Secor Manning, has decided to go out of business after being punished with a 90-day suspension over allegations of improper documentation in its operations in Congo.

The 90-day suspension was ordered by the New York-based Council on Accreditation, the authority designated by the U.S. State Department to monitor and accredit American adoption agencies that operate abroad per the terms of the Hague Convention. According to the council’s investigation, the suspension was warranted for several violations of international adoption regulations that occurred in Congo.

One World’s closure comes amid continuing turmoil over pending adoptions of children in the Congo by families in America and elsewhere. Hundreds of adoptions have been stalled since Congolese authorities stopped issuing the exit permits needed for the children to leave the country, even in cases where the adoptions had been officially approved.

Susan Secor Manning had been previously involved in the AMREX adoption network, which dissolved under a cloud of allegations of improper actions regarding adoptions in Russia. One World Adoption Services had also been working with orphan hosting organizations such as Project 143 to facilitate the adoptions of hosted children from nations such as Ukraine and Latvia. Due to laws on the preselection of children, the legality of these adoptions had often been called into question.

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