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From the US Department of State: Ukraine April 29, 2011 Notice: SDA authority and adoption processing in Ukraine On the evening of April 7, 2011, President Yanukovych signed a Decree transferring all functions of, the State Department for Adoption and Protection of the Rights of the Child (SDA– the current central adoption authority of Ukraine), [...]
From the US Department of State: Ukraine April 8, 2011 Alert: Ukraine Adoption On the evening of April 7, 2011, President Yanukovych signed a Decree transferring all functions of, the State Department for Adoption and Protection of the Rights of the Child (SDA– the current central adoption authority of Ukraine), to the Ministry for Social [...]
On Friday, February 25th, Ethica attended the stakeholder meeting held by the U.S. Department of State, Office of Children’s Issues, in Washington, DC. The meeting briefly updated representatives from a myriad of stakeholder groups on the status of adoptions from Russia, Guatemala, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Nepal, and Ukraine. Ethica’s president also met with officials from [...]
From the U.S. Department of State: Ukraine Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs Office of Children’s Issues January 12, 2011U.S. Embassy Kyiv has learned the proposed bill to place a moratorium on intercountry adoptions in the Ukrainian parliament has once again been postponed. There has been no announcement of a rescheduled [...]
From the U.S. Department of State: Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs Office of Children’s Issues December 14, 2010 U.S. Embassy Kyiv has learned the moratorium bill has been removed from this session’s agenda and rescheduled for the session taking place Dec 21-24. Access the full notice here.