Adoption Alert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues__________________________________________________________________ September 17, 2009 Suspension of Adoptions in Sierra Leone The Government of Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs suspended adoptions on May 29, 2009 due to concerns on the legality of adoptions and the welfare of adoptees. An interagency committee has been established by …
Category: DOS Alerts/Notices
DOS Notice Guatemala
Guatemala Adoption NoticeU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues________________________________________Outreach Request on Guatemala August 13, 2009 In an effort to improve communication with those families with pending adoption cases in Guatemala, the Department will be creating a listserv. If you have a pending Guatemala adoption case registered with the PGN and would like to be included, please email …
USDOS Liberia Adoption Alert
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues ——————————————————– August 10, 2009 On January 26, 2009, the Government of Liberia (GOL) suspended adoptions on the recommendation of the President’s Special Committee on Adoption because of allegations of mismanagement and corruption. Since the suspension went into effect, the GOL has formed an Ad-hoc Central Adoption Authority to have oversight …
UPDATE: DOS Notice on Nepal June 5, 2009
Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ______ June 05, 2009 On January 1, 2009, the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MWCSW) announced procedures for processing adoptions pursuant to the Government of Nepal’s (GON) new Terms and Conditions for adoptions. The initial announcement stated that only 10 applications will …
UPDATE: DOS Alert for Ethiopia – Addis Ababa Abandonment Cases
From: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues May 26, 2009 Adoptions of Abandoned Children Halted by Ethiopian Court On May 4, 2009 the Ethiopian First Instance Court temporarily stopped accepting cases involving abandoned children referred by orphanages in Addis Ababa, citing a substantial increase in the number of children being brought for adoption. The number of …
UPDATE: Vietnam – DOS Statement May 1, 2009
http://www.adoption.state.gov/news/vietnam.html VietnamAdoption NoticeU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues May 1, 2009 U.S. citizens are not able to register a new adoption in Vietnam at this time. The Government of Vietnam has stated its intention to introduce new adoption legislation and to institute reforms in the adoption process, and has indicated that the anticipated new legislation and …
Update on Raided Hogars in Guatemala
Recently the DOS posted an update about the adoption cases from Casa Quivira and Semillas de Amor. A 3rd new location was mentioned: Asociacion Santa Lucia de la Flores Silvestres. This location may also be known as Hogar Santa Lucia de Las Flores Silvestres La Esperanza. This hogar was raided in May 2008. It appears that 6 or 7 of …
Recent DOS Updates for International Adoption Programs; Guatemala, Cambodia, Brazil, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Republic of Georgia
GUATEMALA Adoption Alert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Update on Casa Quivira and Semillas de Amor Cases February 5, 2009 Casa Quivira According to our records, about 14 of the original 46 children at CQ still have cases pending. For six of these cases, the Attorney General’s Office (PGN) has identified irregularities. All six will …
UPDATE: Moldova – US DOS Statement – Moldova not Closed
In response to the recent reports and requests for clarification, the US Department of State published the following statement last night: http://www.adoptions.state.gov/news/moldova.html U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues January 30, 2009 Recent media reports that the Government of Moldova is planning toimpose a temporary ban on intercountry adoption appear to beerroneous. According to a Moldovan government …
Liberia, Moldova Halt International Adoptions
The countries of Liberia and Moldova announced bans on international adoptions this week pending invesitgations into allegations of fraud and child mistreatment. The African News reported the following excerpt from the address of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to the National Legislature on Monday, January 26, 2009: “The gross mismanagement of the adoption program (which aims primarily at placing orphans in …