MEDIA: US halts adoption of abandoned children in Nepal (The Washington Post)

US halts adoption of abandoned children in Nepal By DAVID CRARY The Associated Press Friday, August 6, 2010 NEW YORK — The U.S. government on Friday suspended the adoption of abandoned children from Nepal because of concerns about unreliable and fabricated documents. The State Department said the suspension would take effect immediately, although it will continue to consider adoption applications …

MEDIA: U.S. suspends new adoption from Nepal (The Himalayan Times)

U.S. suspends new adoption from Nepal The Himalayan Times2010-08-06 KATHMANDU: The U.S. government authorities have decided to suspend adjucation of new adoption petitions and related visa issuance for children who are described as having been abandoned in Nepal from Friday. Issuing a press statement on Friday, the Embassy of the United States Public Affairs Office in Kathmandu said the Department …

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare — Notice

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare Notice No 8 Date: 21 July, 2010With regard to the notice published in 4 February, 2010, this is to inform all the concerned Embassies/Diplomatic Missions and Adoption Agencies that the Ministry has extended the time of submission of Inter Country Adoption application for the year 2010, up to September 15, 2010. http://www.mowcsw.gov.np/opensection.php?secid=484 Ethics, …

Adoption can be stopped: Minister (Himalayan Times)

Adoption can be stopped: Minister Last Updated : 2010-07-16 Himalayan News Service KATHMANDU: Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Sarbadev Prasad Ojha today said Nepal was not eager to send Nepali children for inter-country adoption if foreign countries were not interested to adopt them. Stating that the government was in no mood to listen to the complaints from adopters, …

MEDIA: Inter-country adoption laws to be amended

Inter-country adoption laws to be amended Last Updated : 2010-07-06 Himalayan News Service KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) is working to simplify provisions for inter-country adoption and to make Nepali missions abroad more responsible in terms of monitoring adoption cases in their respective countries. The ministry decided to simplify legal provisions after Canada, following Germany, …