Some news about Nepal

Dear friends,

Andreas here. Rarely do I get on this blog anymore. So...hello to you all. All I have to share is this information about Nepal which pertains to our adoption. As far as that goes, we just sent in the last of the paperwork along with the required payment. This should conclude the Swedish side of the process and start the waiting game. Jolly good.

Here it is:
"Prime Minister Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal submitted his resignation to President Ram Baran Yadav today. The resignation came after President Yadav asked Chief Army Officer Mr. Rookmund Kata wal to stay in position though the Prime Minister had dismissed him. The Prime Minister’s resignation means paving the way for a new coalition government. These political changes are bound to delay and affect work at all government levels, including international adoption where the matching had just started.

Nepal signed the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and cooperation in respect of Intercountry adoption on the 28th of April, 2009. Earlier Nepal was a participatory country of Hague, with signing it has now become a Hague country. However, this now has to be ratified by the parliament before it is fully implemented. Hague Convention on Intercountry adoption is an international agreement between participation countries on the best adoption procedures with aim to uphold the best interest of the child and prevent child trafficking. Meanwhile more than 200 adoption applications from different countries have been registered at the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare and almost 150 children have been listed for intercountry adoption. Sources add almost 25 children have been matched with families and in the process of approval from the ministry."


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/Andreas