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Blog reports Sweden has suspended adoptions from Nepal
A Swedish blog is reporting that Sweden has suspended adoptions from Nepal: Today we received a call from our adoption agency. They stated that the Hague has written a report sighting several things they felt Nepal needed to address with their adoptions. Because of that report, Sweden will no longer allow adoptions from Nepal to be processed. It means that …
German Office of Justice — suspension of Nepali adoptions
German Office of Justice — suspension of Nepali adoptions: Veröffentlicht am 11. Februar 2010 Nepal Am 9. Februar 2010 fand aufgrund der besorgniserregenden Ermittlungsergebnisse und Berichte der deutschen Botschaft in Nepal und des Ständigen Büros der Haager Konferenz ein Treffen mit Vertretern der für Nepal zugelassenen Vermittlungsstellen Diakonisches Werk, Eltern-Kind-Brücke und Help a Child, der aufsichtsführenden Zentralen Adoptionsstellen aus Mainz …
Nepal — 6 more homes licensed for adoption
Nepal — 6 more homes licensed for adoption: 1. Nepal Child Welfare Service Centre — Godawari, Lalitpur 2. Community Child Rescue Centre — Imadol, Lalitpur 3. Nepal Child Protection Home — Khusibu, Kathmandu 4. Subharramva Child Home — Gothathar 5. Child Base Nepal — Gothathar 6. National Widow and Child Home for Helpless — Banepa http://www.mowcsw.gov.np/opensection.php?secid=483 Scroll to document entilted …
Germany Suspends Adoptions From Nepal (Republica)
Germany Suspends Adoptions From Nepal (Republica): http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=15019 KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Germany has suspended inter-country adoptions from Nepal, barely a week after a report of a group of international legal experts accused Nepal´s adoption system of being subject to widespread abuses. Though the German Embassy in Kathmandu circulated the decision among diplomatic missions based in Kathmandu on Wednesday, the embassy is …
UNICEF reiterates calls to halt Inter-country adoptions in Nepal (UNICEF Press Release)
UNICEF PRESS RELEASE UNICEF reiterates calls to halt Inter-country adoptions in Nepal Kathmandu, 8th February 2010: UNICEF has endorsed the findings by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference — delivered to the Government of Nepal today — to suspend inter-country adoptions here. The report on Inter-country adoption in Nepal follows an invitation by the Government of Nepal to the …
Nepal — 17 more agencies licensed
Nepal — 17 more agencies licensed S.N Name of the Agency Address Country 1 Great Wall China Adoption 248 Addie Roy Road A102 Austin, TX 78746 USA 2 Across the World Adoptions 395 Taylor Boulevard Suite 116 Pleasant Hill, California 94523 USA 3 Adoptions Homestudy Agency of Colorado 4685 West Prince to Avenue Denver, Colorado, 80236-3213 USA 4 Humanikat – …
Children of the night (Kathmandu Post — editorial)
KATHMANDU, FEB 07 –The process of inter-country adoption of children from Nepal has never been free of controversy. In 2007, when it surfaced that many orphanages made lucrative business sending children out of the country, inter-country adoptions from Nepal were temporarily suspended; the orphanages that didn’t meet the minimum government criteria were closed down. Inter-country adoptions were restarted in 2008 …
Minister bats for tighter adoption policy (Himalayan News Service)
Last Updated : 2010-02-06 10:51 PM Himalayan News Service KATHMANDU: State Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Ram Bachan Aiyar today said that the government was committed to ensure that adopted Nepali children were not abused at home and abroad. The minister’s statement follows a public outcry over the adoption of children to foreign countries without following procedural rules. …
State sees no loopholes in adoption (Kathmandu Post)
State sees no loopholes in adoption (Kathmandu Post) KATHMANDU FEB 06 – The government and representatives of organisations working for children have said that the survey report, which claims to have found loopholes in the adoption process, is far from truth. They have urged the Hague Conference on Private International Law, which prepared the report, to substantiate its claims. Among …