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ABANDONED CHILDREN AND INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION: AN ANALYSIS OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS IN R.OMANIA,

ABANDONED CHILDREN AND INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION:

AN ANALYSIS OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF

INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS IN ROMANIA, 1990-2001

Baha'i-inspired educational system for the poor of the world honored by the Club of Budapest

Baha'i-inspired educational system for the poor of the world honored by the Club of Budapest

22 December 2002

FRANKFURT, Germany — The Club of Budapest has honored FUNDAEC, a Baha'i-inspired development organization in Colombia, with a "Change the World -- Best Practice Award" for its achievements in providing high school education and training to more than 50,000 people living in rural areas in Latin America.

In his speech at the award ceremony, Peter Spiegel, the Secretary General of the Club of Budapest, characterized the project as "the most considerable revolution of education in the twentieth century."

"The genius of this new educational model," Mr. Spiegel explained, "lies in the fact that it teaches people living in Third World Countries to take charge of their own development processes and begin to interact as equals with the rest of the world."

Feierliche Höhepunkte einer Großfamilie

Baking cookies, going on holiday, celebrating birthdays - when a 14-member family prepares holidays, this is a logistical and organizational challenge.

Any negligence in extended family life takes its revenge immediately: If work remains in the home, the laboriously developed structure of time, obligations and responsibility is out of balance. Mostly the mother takes over the central role of the family manager. It is the same with the Sorg family. It consists of 14 people: Valentin Sorg works as a machinist in the nuclear power plant Philippsburg, mother Sorg in the adoption agency "future for children eV". The double earners can take good care of their twelve children. Holiday in Crete is as much a part of it as a swimming pool and a private minibus.

German:

Plätzchenbacken, Urlaub machen, Geburtstage feiern - wenn eine 14-köpfige Familie Festtage vorbereitet, ist das eine logistische und organisatorische Herausforderung.

Jede Nachlässigkeit im Großfamilien-Leben rächt sich sofort: Bleibt Arbeit im Haushalt liegen, gerät das mühsam entwickelte Gefüge aus Zeit, Pflichten und Verantwortung aus dem Gleichgewicht. Meist übernimmt die Mutter die zentrale Rolle der Familien-Managerin. So ist es auch bei Familie Sorg. Sie besteht aus 14 Personen: Valentin Sorg arbeitet als Maschinist im Atomkraftwerk Philippsburg, Mutter Sorg in der Adoptionsvermittlungsstelle "Zukunft für Kinder e. V.". Die Doppelverdiener können ihre zwölf Kinder gut versorgen. Urlaub auf Kreta gehört ebenso dazu wie ein Swimmingpool und ein eigener Kleinbus.

"Ray of Hope cheated us"

Dozens of adoptive parents have stood up for Ray of Hope, the adoption service that has been suspended by Minister Vogels, in recent days. The parents of Ethiopian adopted children in particular praised the smooth handling of their file and the openness of Ray of Hope. But there are also parents who are not happy about the "unacceptable incompetence" of Ray of Hope. This is evident from the story of three couples who were promised a child from South Vietnam.


by Geert NEYT

Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 04:30

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"We had placed our trust in an organised adoption service because we did not want to adopt freely. But Ray of Hope put us on a plane to a foreign country and left us to our own devices." The anger of Danny and Nathalie Noels from Geraardsbergen, Bernard and Hilda Deckers from Vlezenbeek and Wim and Katleen Cornilly from Pittem has not cooled down after a year and a half. Their experiences were just one of the many elements that prompted Kind en Gezin and Minister Vogels to withdraw the recognition of Ray of Hope.

Germany Still Divided over the Idea of Baby Hatches

CURRENT AFFAIRS | 21.12.2002

Germany Still Divided over the Idea of Baby Hatches

Your baby will be cared for here

A plan to help mothers who can’t provide for their babies remains controversial 3 years after it was started. Advocates of “baby hatches” say they save unwanted children, critics say they encourage infant “disposal”.

“We’ll take your child when no one else will. Without asking your name, without asking questions…”

Kouchner défend un Français accusé en Roumanie

Pédophilie Kouchner défend un Français accusé en Roumanie 10.12.2002 L'ANCIEN MINISTRE de la Santé Bernard Kouchner a vigoureusement défendu hier devant le tribunal de Iasi, en Roumanie, Michel Sounalet, un Français accusé de pédophilie, et a souhaité la vérité dans cette « odieuse affaire ». « Quand on m'a dit que Michel Sounalet était soupçonné, j'ai été terriblement choqué. Je suis persuadé de son innocence et je pense que la justice roumaine le reconnaîtra bien vite », a déclaré Bernard Kouchner à la sortie de la salle d'audience. Emprisonné depuis six semaines à Iasi, Michel Sounalet, un bénévole de l'aide humanitaire de 67 ans, qui a purgé trente-cinq ans de prison en France pour braquages, avait été arrêté pour « perversions sexuelles et corruption de mineurs », sur la base de plaintes déposées par cinq ex-pensionnaires de l'orphelinat de Popricani, où il vivait depuis 1996. Le Parisien

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Bernard Kouchner et une "odieuse affaire" roumaine

Bernard Kouchner et une "odieuse affaire" roumaine

Lundi 9 décembre, il s'est présenté devant le tribunal local pour témoigner en faveur d'un ancien collaborateur accusé de pédophilie.

Le Monde

Publié le 10 décembre 2002 à 11h53 Mis à jour le 10 décembre 2002 à 11h53

Temps deLecture 2 min.

Romanian Parliament - Ralu Filipe - Elena Bustea

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Dear colleagues,

Parliamentary groups of the Greater Romania Party in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies will vote against the candidacy of Mr. Ralu Filip the high dignity of the president of the National Council of Broadcasting, for several reasons. First, he has no specific training function that concern, no vocation of such a mission, not a man of no radio, no television man, no man of film, no man of the theater, no expert communications, and the certificate of revolutionary, you do not know how to obtain, can not replace the knowledge of specialty and general involved in the coordination of Romanian broadcasting. Moreover, in 2001, Mr. Ralu Filip had plenty of money in public television, as the moderator of "Brief on two" încasând from TVR amounts too large in comparison to low production audience question.

The contract of cooperation signed by Mr. Philip with Romanian Television provide for payment of not less than 1923 dollars per month for "artistic interpretation of roles to show Horia conducted by Romanescu, whose show was moderated itself Ralu Filip. Rating issue was very small for prime time. Despite sus?inerilor fanteziste the moderator, that the audience was close to the show "Surprise, surprise," about it summarizes the entire experience of Mr. Filip audiovisual collection of the important amounts of pay TVR, ie from public money, or, more explicitly, the taxpayers pocket for some benefits of a quality television doubtful.

In connection with your work from 1990 - 1991, it is true, Mr. Philip, that period, you have dealt with international adoption, as procurator of some foreign families, you've written a series of favorable articles in the newspaper that work, "Curierul National", and that you received a car from several Italian families, as a reward for services too?

As further proof that you are not as clean as you claim, reproduce an excerpt from a report prepared in 1999 by two senior officers, which incriminates that you have taken 5,000 U.S. dollars bribe the mafia traffickers of children. At that time, you publicly accuse him of breach of law officers from the brigade combat organized crime, which deals with the illegal copies and file them instrumentaser? a lawyer Ileana Busta, which, by Irene Foundation, was an important link in export of Romanian children. Financial interests were so high that the honest officers who wanted to punish the perpetrators triggered a campaign of intimidation by Colonel Albu, brigade commander, the top leadership of the Ministry of Interior, particularly General Mircea Muresan, the frames of the Prosecutor General, etc..

As shown in the report, "political structures of the time they tried mu?amalizarea case, sending it to resolve Col. Albu, which has to gird and more spirits and increase pressure on officers. They have used the press to television. This includes the role Ralu Filip journalist who was bribed by lawyer Scott Busta and its foundation, led to a television broadcast on Dudu Ionescu COMPLAINTS to officers for indiscipline, for violations of work rules, requiring sending them Prosecutor on hand, and what has happened. " Here's criminal profile of the person waiting today for the vote to be elected president of CNA!

Greater Romania Party Calls imperative that Mr. Ralu Filip, here's to us clearly what is true of these allegations and why did not, until now, no reply and explanations. Nomination dumisale by PSD is a recognition of a career exception or, conversely, is a reward for role in the abolition of OTV, the most balanced television that has existed in the Romanian broadcasting landscape?

Sir Philip, You said, not long ago that the PRM parliamentarians would not have the moral capacity to decide in a matter related to the essential restriction of freedom of expression. Now is our turn, representatives of the strongest opposition party, to say openly that you do not have the moral capacity to lead the National Council of Broadcasting. Accordingly, the parliamentarians vote Greater Romania Party will be a negative one! (Applause in the stormy Group PRM)
 

ISS Report - The activities of International Social Service and their legal bases 2002

ISS Reports

The activities of International Social Service and their legal bases 2002
Document in French

Young People in Migration, a Challenge for Social Services 2000

 “Like the first ISS workers who met in Stockholm, we find ourselves confronting new challenges within a climate of change and uncertainty”. 

Professor Rainer Frank, International President of ISS

Unaccompanied Children in Emergencies: A Field Guide for their Care and Protection. 1988 

Topics discussed include : the principles of child welfare, legal considerations, children and trauma, preparing emergency child care, preventing separation, locating, registering, interviewing unaccompanied children, emergency and interim care, tracing families and children, family reunion, long-term planning for unaccompanied children.  

Findings of a Joint Investigation on Independent Intercountry  adoption. 1991

In this joint report of ISS and DCI and IFTdH, independent adoptions are defined as adoptions which occur without the involvement of an authorized professional adoption agency (which may be a private or a governmental agency). 

The report defines intermediaries as individuals or organizations which are not authorized to place children for adoption but intervene in some manner in the process of adoption. 

The report points to a wide variety of questionable and/or illicit practices in both receiving country and country of origin which may be categorized as follows : fait accompli adoptions, unprincipled selection of adoptive parents, improper pressure on biological parents, child's selection, falsification of documents, improper financial gain and sale and trafficking of children. 

This report was used in the preparation of the 1993 Hague Convention on protection of children and cooperation in respect of intercountry adoption. 

Substitute Family Workshop: Forum of the Non-Governmental Organization toLaunch the International Year of the Family. Malta 1994.

While "the family is a basic unit of society and the natural environment for the development and well-being of all its members, especially the children", the issue of alternative family care for abandoned and orphaned children remains at the heart of the discussions. Family reintegration, foster family placement, the kafalah and local and intercountry adoption are discussed. The presentations that form the basis of the workshop convey information and experience, raise questions and lead to further reflection.

Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the child,  Regional Seminar for Eastern and Central Europe. Sofia, Bulgaria 28 September - 2 October 1992  

The aim of the Seminar was to develop an integrated social network of alternatives in favor of abandoned children and families at risk and to foster a sense of responsibility in that region on the whole issue of promoting children's rights. 

The 50-page report represents a collective thinking of representatives from 17 countries in the region and 11 international experts from UNICEF, DCI, ICCB and ISS. It is useful reading for policy making bodies. 

The child's right to grow up in a family 

This book contains guidelines for practice in adoption and foster placement, at national and international levels. It is a collective achievement of several NGOs from North and South on all the continents. 

The guidelines define optimal level of performance and are intended to influence policy and practice in order to achieve ever-increasing standards of excellence. 

The actual publication was supervised by the International Council on Social Welfare (Swedish National Committee), Adoption Center Sweden and ISS.  

 

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