From my archive of press clippings:
My Republica
Don't suspend inter-country adoption
PHILIP HOLMES
Inter-country adoption is once again receiving a bad press. First we had the arrest of a group of Americans in Haiti who were allegedly trying to remove children from the country without the permission of the authorities. Then in this past week UNICEF in Nepal has endorsed the findings of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference that inter-country adoptions from Nepal should once again be suspended. This they state is in response to the Government of Nepal’s failure to fulfill commitments that it gave to reform adoption practice and improve child protection after it signed the Hague Convention in April 2009.
Read the whole article here.
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philip.holmes@ebtrust.org.uk
Published on 2010-02-24 01:48:28
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
NYT - Celebrity Adoptions and the Real World
New York Times
Celebrity Adoptions and the Real World
May 10, 2009, 8:00 pm
By The Editors
Madonna’s quest to adopt a second child — a 3-year-old girl — from Malawi has once again put the celebrity in the spotlight and stirred debate about international adoptions. Save the Children (U.K.) has said that the girl Madonna wants to adopt and children like her would be better off in their home countries, and that most children in orphanages have extended family. (A man claiming to be the father of the girl, Chifundo James known as Mercy, has come forward demanding custody.) This view of international adoption is also held by Unicef.
Read the whole article here.
Celebrity Adoptions and the Real World
May 10, 2009, 8:00 pm
By The Editors
Madonna’s quest to adopt a second child — a 3-year-old girl — from Malawi has once again put the celebrity in the spotlight and stirred debate about international adoptions. Save the Children (U.K.) has said that the girl Madonna wants to adopt and children like her would be better off in their home countries, and that most children in orphanages have extended family. (A man claiming to be the father of the girl, Chifundo James known as Mercy, has come forward demanding custody.) This view of international adoption is also held by Unicef.
Read the whole article here.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
JO - UN tells Jamaica to 'control' the guns
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Observer
UN tells Jamaica to 'control' the guns
Sunday, June 08, 2008
THE United Nations wants the Jamaican government to institute strict gun control regulations as a means of stemming the heavy inflow of guns and ammunition into the island.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"In a joint press release issued by UNICEF and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)for the Global Week of Action against Gun Violence, the UN urged all stakeholders to increase their efforts to tackle the arms flow, and embark on a social intervention drive in order to curb the high rate of armed violence that has taken over the island."
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"With the decline of Jamaica's importance as a trans-shipment port for cocaine destined for the United States, a flood of weapons have found their way into the island as unscrupulous people exploit the island's porous coastline and have established a booming guns for drugs trade between arms smugglers from Jamaica, Haiti, Honduras and other countries in the region."
Jamaica Observer
UN tells Jamaica to 'control' the guns
Sunday, June 08, 2008
THE United Nations wants the Jamaican government to institute strict gun control regulations as a means of stemming the heavy inflow of guns and ammunition into the island.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"In a joint press release issued by UNICEF and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)for the Global Week of Action against Gun Violence, the UN urged all stakeholders to increase their efforts to tackle the arms flow, and embark on a social intervention drive in order to curb the high rate of armed violence that has taken over the island."
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"With the decline of Jamaica's importance as a trans-shipment port for cocaine destined for the United States, a flood of weapons have found their way into the island as unscrupulous people exploit the island's porous coastline and have established a booming guns for drugs trade between arms smugglers from Jamaica, Haiti, Honduras and other countries in the region."
Saturday, January 10, 2009
BBC - Nepal to allow foreign adoptions
From my archive of press clippings:
BBC
Nepal to allow foreign adoptions
Page last updated at 22:50 GMT, Monday, 27 October 2008
Nepal's government is once again allowing foreign nationals to adopt children from the country.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Adoptions were halted last year after allegations of corruption and reports that children were being sold off.
A number of foreign adoption agencies will now be allowed to process requests from prospective parents in countries including the US, Germany and Canada."
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"The government suspended international adoptions last year, as an increasing number of problems came to light.
The UN Children's Fund, Unicef, and the Swiss child rights charity Terre des Hommes reported that it was common for children to be abducted, trafficked and, in effect, sold."
BBC
Nepal to allow foreign adoptions
Page last updated at 22:50 GMT, Monday, 27 October 2008
Nepal's government is once again allowing foreign nationals to adopt children from the country.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Adoptions were halted last year after allegations of corruption and reports that children were being sold off.
A number of foreign adoption agencies will now be allowed to process requests from prospective parents in countries including the US, Germany and Canada."
&
"The government suspended international adoptions last year, as an increasing number of problems came to light.
The UN Children's Fund, Unicef, and the Swiss child rights charity Terre des Hommes reported that it was common for children to be abducted, trafficked and, in effect, sold."
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