international adoption
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinternationalandadoption
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international
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
involving more than ...
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adoption
noun
uk/əˈdɒp.ʃən/us/əˈdɑːp.ʃən/
the act of legally taking a child to be taken care of as ...
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(Definition ofinternationalandadoptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The impact of early deprivation has received renewed attention with the recent increase ininternationaladoptionof children reared in institutions.
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We will continue to discussinternationaladoptionissues with adoption agencies as necessary, as part of our normal contact with them.
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I am sure that in due course, through the good offices ofinternationaladoptionsocieties, a chain will be forged between all countries eventually.
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There is one very effectiveinternationaladoptionsociety.
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We are pressing for enhancement of the 1969 and 1971 conventions throughinternationaladoptionof the protocols to the conventions agreed in 1984.
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Our legal rights will be bolstered, such as in court cases involvinginternationaladoption, or maintenance issues having international implications.
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It is of course also true that on the fringes ofinternationaladoptionwe are seeing methods and policies that are dangerous and despicable.
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We should devote a real law tointernationaladoption.
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One of the responses that we can bring to this sad situation is to facilitateinternationaladoptionprocedures.
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Not too far from here children are still viewed as disposable objects forinternationaladoption, for example.
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The commission is working on the development of an international convention ininternationaladoption, which will incorporate the principles set out in the convention.
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I welcome the motion for a resolution voted on today oninternationaladoption.
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It would be more meaningful if concrete proposals are made on how to streamline and facilitateinternationaladoptionprocedures.
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The liberalisation ofinternationaladoptionentails numerous risks.
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Nor can we deny thatinternationaladoptionconstitutes an important form of international cooperation.
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Unless there are strict laws regardinginternationaladoption, we shall be left wide open to international trafficking in children.
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The trend towardsinternationaladoptionof the port-state jurisdiction is something to be welcomed.
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In addition, the monitoring of children adopted via theinternationaladoptionprocedure must be carried out by the national institution with the relevant powers.
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We must say 'no' to contractual forms of adoption; it is necessary that the intermediary function ininternationaladoptionshould always lie with authorized bodies.
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