See what Novak's daughter said:
My mother taught us a morality and spirituality that is completely inconsistent with the way she was portrayed in this courtroom."
 
I think the same goes for so many adoption workers - they mean well, charity.
But get caught in money and criminality and have no, no idea.
 
 
http://www.timescall.com/news_story.asp?ID=14310

Letter refers to the upcoming press conference about a European Adoption Procedure. Hague offers cooperation.

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Van: Sandberg Elisabet [mailto:Elisabet.Sandberg@adoptionscentrum.se]

Verzonden: donderdag 14 februari 2008 15:48

Onderwerp: Ethiopia in GM

Dear      ,

Towards a European procedure for adoption

Strasbourg, 12.02.2008 – Despite the considerable volume of content of legal provisions on national and international adoption, the best interests of the child do not always take precedence over other considerations. Nevertheless, these legal arrangements decide the future of thousands of orphans and abandoned children every year.

Convinced of the need to create an adoption procedure common to all EU member states – in line with the recent adoption of a report on children's rights calling for such a mechanism – and to encourage international adoption where there is no national solution, a number of Members of the European Parliament, together with the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, have drawn up a joint declaration addressed to European ministers responsible for family affairs.

Jean-Marie Cavada (ALDE, France), Claire Gibault (ALDE, France) and Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, would like to invite you to a press conference at 3pm on Tuesday 19 February in the European Parliament press room (LOW) in Strasbourg where they will present this initiative.

Journalists who are not accredited with the EU are asked to make themselves known in advance in order to facilitate their access the building.

Towards a European procedure for adoption

Strasbourg, 12.02.2008 – Despite the considerable volume of content of legal provisions on national and international adoption, the best interests of the child do not always take precedence over other considerations. Nevertheless, these legal arrangements decide the future of thousands of orphans and abandoned children every year.

Convinced of the need to create an adoption procedure common to all EU member states – in line with the recent adoption of a report on children's rights calling for such a mechanism – and to encourage international adoption where there is no national solution, a number of Members of the European Parliament, together with the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, have drawn up a joint declaration addressed to European ministers responsible for family affairs.

Jean-Marie Cavada (ALDE, France), Claire Gibault (ALDE, France) and Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, would like to invite you to a press conference at 3pm on Tuesday 19 February in the European Parliament press room (LOW) in Strasbourg where they will present this initiative.

Journalists who are not accredited with the EU are asked to make themselves known in advance in order to facilitate their access the building.

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by Deal W. Hudson - February 4, 2008

Reprinted with permission from our good friends at InsideCatholic.com, the leading online journal of Catholic faith, culture, and politics.

The mission of the Global Fund is to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis around the world. Since 2004, this Swiss organization has received over $3 billion, one third of its entire budget, from the United States. A study just released by the Gerard Health Foundation provides evidence that Global Fund grants are supporting abortion providers in China, which violates the spirit of the Mexico City Policy.

When There's No Place Like Home

Children's advocates can't agree on how much to emphasize intercountry adoption as a solution.

By Pat Wingert | NEWSWEEK

Feb 4, 2008 Issue

Some advocates blame the decline in intercountry adoptions over the past three years on a single surprising source: UNICEF. The United Nations Children's Fund may be known worldwide for helping underprivileged children obtain better health care and education, but when it comes to finding homes for orphans, they argue, the organization places misguided emphasis on maintaining cultural and geographic ties rather than on the child's overall well-being. That's true even when there is little chance of domestic adoption and virtually no public programs to provide care for abandoned children or struggling families. "National boundaries should not prevent abandoned children from having families," says Thomas Atwood, president of America's National Council for Adoption. "UNICEF's exclusive focus on domestic programs amounts to an obstacle to international adoption and prevents untold numbers of children from improving their lives through international adoption."

Timmermans bezoekt kindertehuis Bulgarije

Honderden kijkers en bezoekers reageerden op de uitzending van afgelopen woensdag, waarin Netwerk de documentaire toonde over de wantoestanden in een Bulgaars kindertehuis. Staatssecretaris Timmermans van Europese Zaken nam afgelopen vrijdag poolshoogte in het kindertehuis. Een reportage.

Presentatie: Frank du Mosch

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