ARMENIA RATIFIES THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION
Support A1+!YEREVAN, 14 November 2006 – President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan signed today the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption. The Convention was ratified by the National Assembly on 23 October 2006.
The Hague Convention establishes a set of internationally agreed minimum requirements and procedures to govern inter-country adoptions in which a child moves from one country that has signed the Convention to another signatory country.
“Armenia’s ratification of this treaty highlights the country’s commitment to ensure that essential safeguards and procedures are in place regulating the inter-country adoption of children from Armenia,” says Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Representative in Armenia. “With its ratification, Armenia joins a partnership of some 70 countries working together to ensure that the best interests of each individual child are respected when inter-country adoption is being considered.”
