Text: Adoption Forum // Date: 22-05-2012

In recent years, doubts have been raised about whether the European Union respects international adoption as a solution for children who cannot grow up in a permanent family in their own country.

First Published 30.01.2008

The doubts arose when Romania and Bulgaria wanted to become members of the EU. Those who negotiated for the Union made it clear that progress in child welfare was necessary if the two countries were to be accepted. The requirement was in some contexts made so that the countries had to be able to "take care of their own children". This was interpreted as - at least by some - that international adoption had to be discontinued.

The EU also contributed more than € 50 million in child welfare support in the two countries - in the hope that the problems could be resolved through increased funding. That was at least what an envoy expressed at the special commission meeting on the adoption convention in The Hague in September 2005. Her speech was so startling that an envoy from the Adoption Forum, representing EurAdopt at the meeting, seized the word and emphasized that international adoption is far from "the last" resort "according to the adoption convention, but rather a good solution for a child who cannot have a permanent family in their own country - a preferred solution compared to both a long-term stay in an orphanage and a limited foster home placement. He received wide support among those present for this, and the Secretary General of the Hague Conference even came away and thanked for the post. An important point in this regard is that if the EU had actually stopped international adoption between the member states, this would have been in direct contradiction to a convention to which 24 of the 25 countries that had joined the Union at this time.

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A new law on the protection of minors in Kenya, " Children Bill ", is awaiting approval by the government before being examined by Parliament.

It is a period of great ferment for Kenyan legislation on the rights of the child and, in particular, for the protection of minors without families.

Pending approval of the new "Children Bill"

The approval of the new law, "Children Bill" , represents a fundamental step towards the resumption of adoptions in the country and a relaunch of the system for protecting the rights of children in a state of adoptability who are waiting to meet a family that will welcome them, who whether in Kenya or abroad. An important reform of the current system of foreign entities authorized for international adoption which will introduce clearer procedures, both in terms of the requisites required and their fulfillment.

The current law undergoing reform was approved by Kenya in 2001 to comply with the obligations deriving from the African Charter. In 2010, the country also approved major constitutional reforms to comply with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international child protection standards.

Fifty years ago in Biafra, the over-media coverage of a human drama

Generation Biafra (2/3). During the conflict in Nigeria, unbearable images flooded newspapers and television. With hindsight, their authors say they have been "manipulated" by the Elysee.

By Pierre Lepidi and Mariama Darame Posted today at 5:00 p.m.

Western photographers take a picture of a child suffering from malnutrition as a result of the Biafran war, in Owerri, 1970.

Western photographers take a picture of a child suffering from malnutrition as a result of the Biafran war, in Owerri, 1970. A. Abbas / Magnum Photos

Arki Busson: The rise and fall of the man to know in finance, who used his connections to raise capital

He rubbed shoulders with the world’s elite and led a lifestyle that was the envy of his peers in high-stakes hedge fund circles

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By Chris Newlands

June 26, 2020 6:00 am

Wie alles begann

Nach der Geburt unseres ersten Kindes 1989 befassten wir, Karin und Valentin Sorg, uns zum ersten Mal mit dem Thema Adoption – wir wollten einem Kind, das nicht das Glück hatte, in einer intakten Familie zur Welt zu kommen, ein neues Zuhause geben – und stellten einen Adoptionsantrag beim Jugendamt. In den nächsten Jahren kamen unsere weiteren sechs Kinder zur Welt, dennoch begleitete uns das Thema Adoption durch die ganze Zeit. Nach der Geburt unseres siebten Kindes bewarben wir uns beim “Internationalen Sozialdienst“ in Frankfurt für die Aufnahme eines Kindes aus Rumänien. Im Frühjahr 1999 haben wir unser erstes Adoptivkind in einem rumänischen Kinderheim kennengelernt. Die Zustände hier schockierten uns so sehr, dass wir uns nach unserer Rückkehr spontan entschlossen zu helfen.

Wir gründeten im Februar 1999 den gemeinnützigen Verein “Zukunft für Kinder“. Es folgten viele Sammelaktionen und Hilfstransporte in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Technischen Hilfswerk. Im Juni 2000 entschlossen wir uns aufgrund einer Anfrage aus Rumänien vier Geschwisterkinder in unserer Familie aufzunehmen und erhielten letztendlich die Genehmigung des Jugendamtes zur Adoption dieser Kinder.

Im August 2000 teilte uns der “Internationale Sozialdienst“ in Frankfurt mit, dass er seine Vermittlungstätigkeit von Kindern aus Rumänien einstellen wird und fragte an, ob wir uns als Verein vorstellen könnten, eine internationale Adoptionsvermittlungsstelle zu gründen, um die Adoptionsvermittlung rumänischer Kinder fortzuführen. Nachdem wir uns intensiv mit diesem Thema befasst hatten, stellten wir einen Antrag auf Anerkennung beim zuständigen Landesjugendamt in Karlsruhe und wurden mit Wirkung zum 1. März 2001 als internationale Adoptionsvermittlungsstelle zugelassen.

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Security Risk Anthony Lake to Head UNICEF | Print | E-mail

WRITTEN BY WILLIAM F. JASPER

FRIDAY, 23 APRIL 2010 14:00

Anthony Lake, the controversial adviser on foreign policy and national security for Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, is scheduled to take over as executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on May 1, replacing Ann Veneman, who has held the post since 2005.

President Obama's nomination of Lake in March to head the UN agency received almost no publicity, in sharp contrast to President Clinton's stormy nomination of Lake in 1997 to head the Central Intelligence Agency. Lake was forced to withdraw from consideration for the CIA role when this magazine and other opponents of the nomination exposed his subversive record and it became clear that his Senate confirmation hearings would get very messy.