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Ratification of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-Operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption

This morning, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Maura Harty deposited the United States’ instrument of ratification of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-Operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption at a ceremony in The Hague. The United States is now a full member of the Hague Adoption Convention, which will enter into force for the United States on April 1, 2008. As of that date, the Convention will govern intercountry adoptions between the United States and other Convention member countries in accordance with the provisions of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (PL 106-279).