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Current Situation

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Strategy

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Public debate on the current version of the legislative package on child protection, April 22, 2003

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Progress of the Child Protection Reform in Romania (power-point presentation)

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Embassy Press Releases and other news-reports
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Press statements by Prime Minister Calin Popescu–Tariceanu on the adoptions issue - December 22, 2005

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Government approves draft legislation on child protection – Press Release, Ministry of Labor, Social Solidarity and Family - March 15, 2004

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Adoptions draft on the last meters, January 21, 2004

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Romania soon to shut last communist-era orphanages, Reuters, December 4, 2003

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Romania extends international adoption ban to June, Reuters, February 28, 2003

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Romania extends ban on foreign adoptions until Feb.28, Associated Press, January 30, 2003

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Moratorium on international adoptions to be kept until February 1, 2003, Rompres, November 8, 2002

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Young Folks at Home - Ceausescu's monstrous orphanages begin to disappear as light and a little love get in, Time, November 2002

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Cashing on the baby 'rescue', The Irish Times, May 24, 2002

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President Ion Iliescu speaks of renewed commitments on children, May 9, 2002

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Romania - Merck Partnership brings hope to Romania's children - All HIV-positive patients in Romania who need treatment now have access, Permanent Mission of Romania to ONU, May 9, 2002

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Romanian Government to Solve International Adoption Cases Filed Before the Application of the Temporary Moratorium, December 12, 2001

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The Intergovernmental Memorandum with the United States of America in the field of Child Protection, October 19, 2001

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Romania temporarily suspends international adoption, June 22, 2001

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National Strategy for solving the problems of children in difficulty, June 6, 2001

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Statements on the issue
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“Fighting Trafficking in Children”, New York, May 10, 2002

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Bringing New Hope to Children: Combating HIV/AIDS, New York, May 10, 2002

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“Romania Says YES to Children!”, New York, May 8, 2002

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Renewed Commitments and Actions for Children in the next decade, New York, May 8, 2002

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Excerpts from the STATEMENT by H.E. Adrian Nastase, Prime Minister of Romania, concerning the Government Policy For Romania’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization Membership, chapter on children rights, - Bucharest, Palace of Parliament, April 10, 2002

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Speech delivered by Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, 
at the National Council on Children's Rights in Romania,
- Cotroceni Palace, August 31, 2001

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