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Subject: MI, FIA probes misuse of funds by adoption group Michigan

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Date: 2/4/2004 10:43 AM Eastern Standard Time

Dolj: 46 de copii sunt eligibili pentru adop?ie interna?ional?

Dolj: 46 de copii sunt eligibili pentru adop?ie interna?ional?

Societate - Ana D?nescu

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Miercuri, 06 Martie 2013 - 16:11

Oficiul Român pentru Adop?ii a anun?at c? în România exist? 92 de copii eligibili pentru adop?ie interna?ional? - 49 de b?ie?i ?i 43 de fete, cei mai mul?i având vârsta cuprins? între ?apte ?i 12 ani. Potrivit unui raport al Oficiului, 64 dintre ace?tia sunt perfect s?n?to?i, iar 30 sunt copii cu dizabilit??i, cei mai mul?i prezentând retard mintal. La nivelul jude?ului Dolj, la sfâr?itul anului trecut existau 46 de copii declara?i adoptabili.

International Adoptions By U.S. Parents Fell In 2012, Continuing Multi-Year Decline

International Adoptions By U.S. Parents Fell In 2012, Continuing Multi-Year Decline

Reuters | Posted: 01/24/2013 11:38 pm EST

FOLLOW: Ethiopia Adoption, Hague Convention On Intercountry Adoption, Russia Adoption, Adoption, American Adoptions, China Adoption, Domestic Adoption, International Adoption, Magnitsky Act, Reuters, Russian Adoption Ban, Us Adoptions, Parents News

* China biggest source of foreign adoptions, followed by Ethiopia, Russia

* Falling numbers stem from Hague convention aimed at curbing corruption

Zermatten About

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Zermatten
Jean
2009
Mitglied des Stiftungsrats
Präsident des Komitees für Kinderrechte der UNO, Direktor des IDE in Sion, ehemaliger Jugendrichter
Drône, VS
1948

Danadopt

07-03-2013

Ethiopia: Travelogue January 2013

In January 2013 I had the opportunity once again to visit Ethiopia. It is one of the countries which somehow creeps completely under the skin and into the heart of one, and I was therefore thrilled to have the opportunity to visit the country for the third time in my time at DanAdopt.

This trip was a little special to my two previous trips because this trip was an unpaid study, and where I first days had my son at 17 years of travel. He eventually have listened to a lot of my Ethiopia Talk, so now it was time that he got the opportunity to visit and explore one of the most beautiful countries in East Africa's horn ...

Apart from being a tourist guide for the first few days, I had after my son had gone back to DK, subsequent follow our Ethiopian colleagues' work, exchange experience and not least visit our partners at orphanages Tikuret and Abenezer.

Local executives of a cash-rich Swiss NGO may have used it as a cover for child abuse activities

Controversy
Charity Ends At Hommes
Local executives of a cash-rich Swiss NGO may have used it as a cover for child abuse activities
Ashis K. Biswas
COMMENTS PRINT

Terre des hommes will no longer be organizing adoptions

Terre des hommes will no longer be organizing adoptions

Wed, 6 Mar 2013 14:16 GMT

Source: Member

International adoption has been a part of the activities of Terre des hommes since the early 1960s. But from Edmond Kaiser and the first children arriving by their dozens, for whom adoptive families were sought urgently, to the complexity of today’s procedures, international adoption has come a long way. Firstly, the criteria and the demands are now far stricter for the adopters, the number of applications has significantly decreased and the profile of the children put up for international adoption is currently very different from the expectations of the future parents. Secondly, structural changes in some of the countries of origin, notably in India, no longer enable us to assume our responsibilities towards the children and the adoptive parents. In such a background of evolution, Terre des hommes will no longer be serving as an intermediary for adoptions, but will continue to advocate for the children’s protection, encouraging keeping or returning the children to their own families, or having recourse to alternative care options such as host families in the child’s own country.

For some years we have been witnessing a gradual decrease in international adoptions. All host countries are concerned, in North America as well as in Europe. Keeping a child in his biological family, alternatives to the institutionalization of children, the increase of national adoptions, have all played their part in this decrease. In the United States, for example, in 2004, 24,000 children from other countries were adopted. In 2011, only 9,300 international adoptions were counted.

Jurnalul Na?ional declan?eaz? anchet? la Comisia European?

Jurnalul Na?ional declan?eaz? anchet? la Comisia European?

Parlamentarii olandezi cer socoteal? Comisiei pentru raportul falsificat la comand?
Autor: MIRCEA OPRIS
6 decembrie 2010

Dennis de Jong(stânga), europarlamentar olandez,?i Nine Kooiman(dreapta), parlamentar olandez din partea Partidului SocialistDennis de Jong(stânga), europarlamentar olandez,?i Nine Kooiman(dreapta), parlamentar olandez din partea Partidului SocialistUn membru al Parlamentului olandez, din Partidul Socialist ?i un europarlamentar din aceea?i ?ar? au cerut deschiderea unei anchete, dup? ce Jurnalul Na?ional a dezv?luit culisele falsific?rii unui raport oficial chiar de c?tre Comisia European?. Parlamentarul olandez a trimis ?i cereri scrise pentru explicarea situa?iei c?tre Secretarul de Stat pentru Afaceri Externe ?i c?tre Secretarul de Stat pe  Justi?ie ai Olandei.

Nine Kooiman, parlamentar olandez din partea Partidului Socialist ?i europarlamentarul olandez Dennis de Jong au reac?ionat la ancheta prin care Jurnalul Na?ional a dovedit c? Comisia European? a falsificat un raport oficial privind adop?iile ?i drepturile copilului în cele 27 de state member ale UE. Cei doi politicieni au cerut clarific?ri vizavi de încerc?rile Comisiei Europene de a-?i exercita abuziv puterile pe seama copiilor ce fac subiectul adop?iilor. Cei doi politicieni olandezi au reac?ionat prompt pe data de 3 decembrie, la doar câteva ore de la publicarea investiga?iei de c?tre Jurnalul Na?ional. Ace?tia consider? “inacceptabil gestul Comisiei Europene de a pune presiune asupra cercet?rorilor care au întocmit raportul, pentru a impune concluzia c? este necesar? o Agen?ie European? pentru Adop?ii, în timp ce rezultatele cercet?rii au fost falsificate ?i nu duc în realitate la o asemenea concluzie”,  se arat? în pozi?ia comun? a celor doi.

“Cunoa?tem cu to?ii dorin?a pentru mai mult? putere ?i pentru mai multe atribu?ii pe care ?i le dore?te Comisia European?, dar folosirea problemelor privind adop?ia pentru a-?i m?ri influen?a mi se pare un lucru oribil. Mai ales c? to?i copiii care fac subiectul adop?iei au nevoie de maxim? protec?ie ?i îngrijire”, a declarat Nine Kooiman.

În trecut, scandalurile privind adop?iile au fost motivul pentru care România a stopat adop?iile interna?ionale. Acum continu? încerc?rile de a for?a România s? î?i redeschid? grani?ele pentru adop?ii. Zvonuri despre stabilirea unei politici europene privind adop?iile exist? de mult timp. “Am pus de curând câteva întreb?ri critice despre acest subiect guvernului olandez, dar nu am primit nici un r?spuns înc?. Dar dezv?luirile din ziarul românesc merg mai departe decât suspectam deja”, a mai spus Kooiman. Ea nu sus?ine stimularea adop?iilor interna?ionale la nivel european, pe motiv c?, pe cât posibil, copiii trebuie s? creasc? în cadrul familiei. Mai mult, adop?iile interna?ionale reprezint? un proces cu vulnerabilit??i. “Dac? este adev?rat c? exact Comisia European? manipuleaz? rezultatele studiilor, avem o problem?. Nu numai pentru c? rezultatele sunt manipulate pentru ca Europa s? î?i consolideze puterea. Dar în primul rând pentru c? vorbim despre copii vulnerabili. Pe primul loc trebuie s? fie interesele copiilor ?i nu cele ale Comisiei Europene”, a concluzionat parlamentarul olandez.

Nine Kooiman a trimis interpel?ri scrise c?tre Secretarul de Stat pentru Afaceri Externe ?i c?tre Secretarul de Stat pe Justi?ie ai Olandei, responsabili pentru adop?ii.

Russian demonstrators rally in support of U.S. adoption ban

Russian demonstrators rally in support of U.S. adoption ban

By Sonia Elks and Steve Gutterman | Reuters – 1 hour 47 minutes ago

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Reuters/Reuters - People take part in a rally in defence of Russian children in Moscow, March 2, 2013. Demonstrators walked along Moscow streets to support the new law prohibiting the adoption of Russian children …more

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