Special Advisor for Children’s Issues Ambassador Susan Jacobs will visit Vietnam, Cambodia, and China January 8-17. While in the region, Special Advisor Jacobs will meet with government officials and non-governmental organizations to discuss the Hague Adoption Convention and strengthening child protection systems. Special Advisor Jacobs will visit Cambodia and Vietnam, both of which are in the process of implementing the …
Month: January 2014
DOS Notice: Kenya Adoption Committee disbanded
The U.S. Embassy in Nairobi learned that the Kenyan Central Authority, the Adoption Committee, was disbanded, thereby impacting Kenya’s ability to process intercountry adoptions. Processing of adoptions is, and will continue to be, delayed until the publication of the nomination of the new committee members. The Department of State understands that this event has triggered a number of inquiries from …