CURTAILING THE SALE AND TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN: A DISCUSSION OF THE HAGUE CONFERENCE CONVENTION IN RESPECT OF INTERCOUNTRY ADOP

.....The 1988 session of the Hague Conference on Private

International Law created the Intercountry Adoption Convention

Project.4 The Permanent Bureau of the Conference prepared

a study of the issues involved in intercountry adoption," and

the first meeting was held in June 1990." News reports of

child trafficking in Romania at this time helped focus attention

on the project. In 1991, a first draft of the Convention was

produced.46 A second meeting convened in February 1992, and a final working draft of the Convention was prepared during

a special session in the summer of 1992. 47 In May 1993, this

Preliminary Draft was presented to the Seventeenth Session

of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, where

the text of the Final Act was adopted.4 The Convention is now

open for signature and ratification by States.4"......