On July 20, 2010, the US House of Representatives voted to pass HR 5283, the Help Haiti Act of 2010, after agreeing to fast track the legislation and debating the bill for 45 minutes . The bill now passes on to the Senate for consideration. Currently, the Senate is considering its own related bill, S. 3411, where it is sitting …
Month: July 2010
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare — Notice
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare Notice No 8 Date: 21 July, 2010With regard to the notice published in 4 February, 2010, this is to inform all the concerned Embassies/Diplomatic Missions and Adoption Agencies that the Ministry has extended the time of submission of Inter Country Adoption application for the year 2010, up to September 15, 2010. http://www.mowcsw.gov.np/opensection.php?secid=484 Ethics, …
DOS Requests Contact Information for Prospective Adoptive Parents
The US Department of State held a conference call today on adoptions from Nepal. Present were adoption service providers (ASPs) with programs in Nepal and various adoption advocacy groups, inlcuding PEAR. DOS is attempting to do everything it can to secure the integrity of adoptions from Nepal and as one improvement is looking to gather the contact information of all …
DOS Requests Contact Information for Prospective Adoptive Parents
The US Department of State held a conference call today on adoptions from Nepal. Present were adoption service providers (ASPs) with programs in Nepal and various adoption advocacy groups, including PEAR. DOS is attempting to do everything it can to secure the integrity of adoptions from Nepal and as one improvement is looking to gather the contact information of all …
Legislative Update: S. 1376: International Adoption Simplification Act
On July 14, 2010, Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed the Committee’s written report on the International Adoption Simplificiation Act. The report, No. 111-220 can be found on the Library of Congress website: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/T?&report=sr220&dbname=111& PEAR supports Senate Bill 1376, the bill to restore immunization and sibling age exemptions for children adopted by United States citizens under the Hague …
‘Paper Orphans’ under government scanner (Republica)
‘Paper Orphans’ under government scanner Republica Om Astha Rai Kathmandu, July 18: The government has brought a documentary, screened recently at an international conference on inter-country adoption systems, under its scanner. Officials at the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) are investigating into the making of Paper Orphans, a documentary produced in Nepal by the Swiss foundation Terre …
Adoption can be stopped: Minister (Himalayan Times)
Adoption can be stopped: Minister Last Updated : 2010-07-16 Himalayan News Service KATHMANDU: Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Sarbadev Prasad Ojha today said Nepal was not eager to send Nepali children for inter-country adoption if foreign countries were not interested to adopt them. Stating that the government was in no mood to listen to the complaints from adopters, …
Spain, Italy Suspend Adoption From Nepal (Republica)
Spain, Italy Suspend Adoption From Nepal Republica KATHMANDU, July 14: Spain and Italy have suspended inter-country adoption from Nepal, joining other countries which have taken similar steps accusing Nepal´s adoption system of being non-transparent and unaccountable. According to a member of the adoption group — a loose forum of western countries to discuss adoption related issues — Spain and Italy …
Niños sin Fronteras — India & Nepal
Periodismohumano (Spain): http://periodismohumano.com/sociedad/infancia/“yo-queria-que-estudiaran-no-darlas-en-adopcion”.html “Yo quería que estudiaran, no darlas en adopción” Las niñas fueron declaradas en situación de abandono y poco después enviadas a España En 2008, la Comunidad de Madrid le retiró a Niños sin Fronteras la licencia para tramitar adopciones con Nepal La policía india investiga al jefe de Preet Mandir y a las autoridades locales por varios …
Ukraine: Consulate Introduces Two-Day Appointment System for Issuing Visas to Adopted children
Americans Adopting in Ukraine: Consulate Introduces Two-Day Appointment System for Issuing Visas to Adopted children Effective Friday ,July 9, 2010, U.S. Embassy Kyiv is requiring advance appointments for all adoption cases. This is necessary due to the resource and technical requirements of the immigrant visa process for adoptions. The two day appointment system covers document intake on the first business …