NEPAL ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS TO RESUME WITHIN A MONTH

(November 5, 2008). The government of Nepal announced in news reports on Oct. 27 that international adoptions will resume and that new applications will be accepted within a month. Courtesy of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute: http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/index.php

Intercountry adoptions of Nepalese children have been suspended since May 2007 as a result of widespread allegations of corruption and baby selling. Since then, the government has been working to tighten regulations, but it was not clear when adoptions would resume. According to recent reports, 58 adoption agencies from the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Norway have been accredited to place children from Nepal for overseas adoption.

To read a news report, go to: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hqkJn3R9I5aGwA4QMERppUTUEIfg .

To read a State Department May 2008 notice on Nepal and the new regulations, go to: http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/intercountry/intercountry_4241.html