An Irishwoman was yesterday appointed to head the European Commission's 500-strong environment directorate-general, one of the most important departments in the Brussels secretariat. Ms Catherine Day (47), from Mount Merrion, Dublin, is being promoted from her current post of deputy director general of the Commission's department for foreign relations.

The appointment was accompanied by announcements from the President of the European Commission, Mr Romano Prodi, intended to end the practice of reserving certain posts in Brussels for nationals from particular member states.

Ms Day said she hoped her appointment would be welcomed by other EU nationals on the grounds of her merit.

Certainly her appointment was largely expected in Brussels where she had been talked about as the strongest candidate for the environment post.

A graduate of the National University of Ireland and University College Dublin, Ms Day began her career in the European Commission in 1979 having previously worked for the Investment Bank of Ireland and the Confederation of Irish Industry.

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Welcome to the internet site of the adoption practice "Krawitz and Shenker". Social workers Sue Krawitz and Sheri Shenker specialize in adoption and related services. We have both been involved in the field of adoption for over 11 years. During this time we have been privileged to facilitate hundreds of adoptions, both locally and internationally. We offer you a personalized and professional service in order to meet your adoption needs. Our services in this field include counseling of birth parents, counseling of couples, screening of applicants for adoption, adoption placements, international adoptions and home studies, family adoptions and post adoption aftercare. A vital aspect of adoption is pre and post adoption support. Our practice regularly offers support groups for adopters. We also offer extensive services in counseling and legal social work. Our practice is situated in Johannesburg, but we are able to work with you, wherever you may live, as we work throughout Southern Africa. We are also privileged to be able to offer South African adopters the option of adopting internationally, from Eastern Europe, as we have established ties with an international child placement agency. Recent changes to South African law now make it possible for foreigners to adopt South African children.

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The Infinite Mind: Attachment

Week of January 2, 2002

It's human to connect. Without the opportunity for consistent relationships early in life, though, development founders. This show explores attachment disorder and attachment problems that affect children who have been abused and neglected. Guests include psychiatrist Dr. Charles Zeanah, clinical psychologist Robert Karen, Thais Tepper, the founder of the Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child, and Joyce Peters, the adoptive mother of a child with attachment disorder.

Host Dr. Fred Goodwin begins the show by noting that attachment disorder is a relatively new term that was absent from psychiatric textbooks as little as five years ago. Since then, an increase in adoptions from Eastern Europe, Russia and China and a new appreciation for the importance of environment in shaping children have brought attachment problems to the fore. Dr. Goodwin notes that the term attachment disorder is reserved for children who are so damaged by abuse and neglect they don't bond with caretakers and wreak havoc on everyone around them. Many of them, Dr. Goodwin points out, make remarkable recoveries.

Joyce Peters then discusses her daughter, Elizabeth, who was abandoned by her birth mother at the age of four. After that, Elizabeth was moved from 10 foster homes until, at the age of 8½, she was adopted by Peters. Elizabeth had tantrums, stole, lied, played with fire and rebuffed contact with Peters. Eventually, a doctor diagnosed Elizabeth with attachment disorder. She has since received therapy. Peters recounts her daughter's progress and says, since Elizabeth can now talk about her traumatic past, says she's confident Elizabeth will make it. You can e-mail Joyce Peters at joy2522@aol.com.

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Es war uns möglich, neue Kontakte zu knüpfen.Wir haben verschiedene Kinderheime angeschaut und mit einigen Leitern Vereinbarungen getroffen. Für unsere Ehepaare haben wir verschiedene Unterbringungsmöglichkeiten ausfindig machen können.

Sehr beeindruckend war unsere Fahrt mit den Missionaries of Charity an den Rand der City Soleil zu deren medizinischer Versorgungsstation. Dort warteten bereits Hunderte von Kranken zum Wechseln der Verbände, Versorgung kranker und unterernährter Kinder. Nach zehn Minuten medizinischer Ausbildung mit Kittel und Ein-Weg-Handschuhen versehen haben wir schwerste Wunden im Bereich von Beinen und Armen gereinigt, Verbände gewechselt, Medikamente verteilt, Babies und Mütter versorgt.

Auf diesem Weg dorthin und zurück wurde deutlich, dass die Menschen unter unvorstellbar schlechten Verhältnissen leben, unter einfachen Planen am Straßenrand zwischen Dreck, Abfällen und riesigen Müllhalden, die sich mitten auf der Straße befinden. Diese Bedingungen weisen auf die Ursache der entsetzlich vereiterten Wunden hin, die unter diesen Bedingungen offensichtlich nicht mehr zu heilen sind, so dass die Durchblutung der Gliedmaßen unterbrochen wird, bis die Gliedmaßen amputiert werden müssen.

22. The new strategic direction on child health care and welfare protection in Romania

must, therefore, fully respect EU values as expressed in both the Copenhagen

criteria and the acquis communautaire, as these reflect accurately the UN

Convention for the Rights of the Child.

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