US halts adoption of abandoned children in Nepal By DAVID CRARY The Associated Press Friday, August 6, 2010 NEW YORK — The U.S. government on Friday suspended the adoption of abandoned children from Nepal because of concerns about unreliable and fabricated documents. The State Department said the suspension would take effect immediately, although it will continue to consider adoption applications …
Category: Nepal Process
MEDIA: U.S. suspends new adoption from Nepal (The Himalayan Times)
U.S. suspends new adoption from Nepal The Himalayan Times2010-08-06 KATHMANDU: The U.S. government authorities have decided to suspend adjucation of new adoption petitions and related visa issuance for children who are described as having been abandoned in Nepal from Friday. Issuing a press statement on Friday, the Embassy of the United States Public Affairs Office in Kathmandu said the Department …
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, 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 …
Italy’s Commissione per le Adozioni Internazionali (CAI) — Nepal notice
Italy’s Commissione per le Adozioni Internazionali (CAI) — Nepal notice: http://www.naaa.it/naaa/html/modules/Downloads/Nepal-1.pdf Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All Adoptions Deserve.http://www.pear-now.org/
States gathered in The Hague admit the existence of child trafficking in the context of adoption
2 July 2010 Adoption: States gathered in The Hague admit the existence of child trafficking in the context of adoption Published by Darcissac, Marion After nine days of heated and intense discussions, the Hague Special Commission, a kind of general assembly of Member States to The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption, was concluded. The discussions and the resulting conclusions will …
Italy halts new adoptions from Nepal
Italy halts the starting of any new adoptions from Nepal: Amici dei Bambini Data: 25-06-10 Nepal, contrordine da L’Aja: stop al deposito di nuovi fascicoli per le adozioni Un dietrofront inaspettato per le adozioni internazionali in Nepal dettato dallo stop temporaneo al deposito di nuovi fascicoli delle aspiranti famiglia adottive. E’ quanto stabilito oggi in Olanda, dove sono riunite a …
Spain halts new adoptions from Nepal
Spain halts the starting of any new adoptions from Nepal: El Ministerio de Sanidad y Política Social ha trasladado a esta Dirección General de Protección del Menor y la Familia la información tratada en la reunión de la Comisión Interautonómica de Directores Generales de Infancia, celebrada el día 20 de mayo de 2010, en Madrid. En relación a la tramitación …
Hague against orphans: Government (Rajdhani National Daily)
Hague against orphans: Government By Tika Bista Rajdhani National Daily Kathmandu, Ashar 15 (30 Jun10) Translated from Nepali The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MWCSW) has accused the Hague Secretariat of working against Nepali orphans. The Ministry has asked the Hague Secretariat to work as per its official stance and respect Nepal’s rules and regulations and to not …
Fake police document to adopt a girl (Kantipur)
Fake police document to adopt a girl Original article (in Nepali) with photo of child: http://www.ekantipur.com/kantipur/news/news-detail.php?news_id=219779 By Pratima Baskota Kantipur Daily Kathmandu, June 22, 2010 Translated from NepaliA guardian has claimed that, without her permission, a children’s home named Prayash Nepal at Baluwatar, Kathmandu, has sent her daughter abroad as an adopted daughter on the ground of a fake police …