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10-18-2004, 07:25 AM
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18169912.htm
France, Romania to set up adoption committee
18 Oct 2004 12:29:33 GMT
Source: Reuters
BUCHAREST, Oct 18 (Reuters) - France and Romania agreed on Monday to set up an
international committee to help French couples caught out in the middle of
adoption proceedings by a Romanian ban on foreign adoptions.
EU candidate Romania approved a law in June under which children can only be
adopted abroad by their grandparents, cementing a moratorium on foreign
adoptions imposed in 2000 after fears the babies were at risk of abuse.
The law meant that dozens of French couples, who had started adoption
procedures before the moratorium, were caught out.
"I proposed to set up an international committee, under the incontestable
authority of a credible organisation, which could examine different cases,"
French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said during a visit to Romania.
The collapse of communism 15 years ago sent foreigners rushing to adopt from
crumbling Romanian orphanages, crammed with 100,000 children. Stalinist
dictator Nicolae Ceausescu had banned contraception and abortion.
The EU, which Romania hopes to join in 2007, warned the Balkan country against
easing the ban on adoptions when Romanian officials said in July they were
considering allowing parliament to approve the adoption abroad of very ill
babies.
Around 130 French couples are estimated to have been caught in the middle of
adoption proceedings by the ban, with 35 of these having already met their
prospective Romanian child.
"There are still delicate situations and for us it's important to solve (them)
in a humane way," Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase said.
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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail . . . but, a true friend will
be sitting next to you saying, "Damn . . . that was fun!"
-----Unknown
France, Romania to set up adoption committee
18 Oct 2004 12:29:33 GMT
Source: Reuters
BUCHAREST, Oct 18 (Reuters) - France and Romania agreed on Monday to set up an
international committee to help French couples caught out in the middle of
adoption proceedings by a Romanian ban on foreign adoptions.
EU candidate Romania approved a law in June under which children can only be
adopted abroad by their grandparents, cementing a moratorium on foreign
adoptions imposed in 2000 after fears the babies were at risk of abuse.
The law meant that dozens of French couples, who had started adoption
procedures before the moratorium, were caught out.
"I proposed to set up an international committee, under the incontestable
authority of a credible organisation, which could examine different cases,"
French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said during a visit to Romania.
The collapse of communism 15 years ago sent foreigners rushing to adopt from
crumbling Romanian orphanages, crammed with 100,000 children. Stalinist
dictator Nicolae Ceausescu had banned contraception and abortion.
The EU, which Romania hopes to join in 2007, warned the Balkan country against
easing the ban on adoptions when Romanian officials said in July they were
considering allowing parliament to approve the adoption abroad of very ill
babies.
Around 130 French couples are estimated to have been caught in the middle of
adoption proceedings by the ban, with 35 of these having already met their
prospective Romanian child.
"There are still delicate situations and for us it's important to solve (them)
in a humane way," Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase said.
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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail . . . but, a true friend will
be sitting next to you saying, "Damn . . . that was fun!"
-----Unknown
