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Child Welfare in Adoption; Proposed by Sanctaria
Topic Started: Monday Jul 7 2014, 11:59 PM (28 Views)
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William F. Buckley

What are your opinions on this General Assembly proposal?

Remember that World Assembly members are free to vote however they want on proposals.


Child Welfare in Adoption
Proposed by Sanctaria
Child Welfare in Adoption
Category: Social Justice
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Sanctaria


The General Assembly,

BELIEVING that intercountry adoption can be beneficial to nations experiencing difficulty with their internal rate of adoption and to children in need of a loving home,

FRUSTRATED with the reality that member nations each have differing rules and regulations regarding intercountry adoption,

CONCERNED that such a myriad of bureaucratic minutiae poses a danger to the welfare of children involved in intercountry adoptions, and unnecessarily increases the risk of child abuse and trafficking,

HOPEFUL that the consolidation of these varied rules and regulations will aid in the safekeeping of vulnerable children, as well as break down barriers to intercountry adoption,

Hereby

DEFINES, for the purpose of this resolution, the following:
  1. child: an individual under the threshold of majority in both the country of origin and the recipient country,

  2. prospective adopter: a party who is seeking to adopt a child;
STRONGLY ENCOURAGES member nations to permit intercountry adoption;

DEMANDS that, should one not already exist, each member nation that permits intercountry adoption establish a state or semi-state agency, to be known as National Adoption Boards, which shall have the following duties:
  1. to maintain a register of children available within that nation for adoption,

  2. to work with and vet prospective adopters in that nation, and

  3. to liaise with National Adoption Boards in other member nations during intercountry adoption processes;
DECREES that any intercountry adoption between member nations must be conducted between National Adoption Boards, and that no transfer of children shall take place until the intercountry adoption is finalised and confirmed;

REQUIRES National Adoption Boards to consider the welfare and wishes of all children available for adoption, in particular with determining if intercountry adoption is appropriate for each individual child;

CREATES the World Assembly Adoption Authority (WAAA) to establish and implement a stringent and rigorous uniform code of rules and regulations regarding intercountry adoption;

MANDATES that all National Adoption Boards be member organisations of WAAA and that they adhere to all these regulations, procedures, and standards established;

DECLARES that no National Adoption Board may establish regulations, procedures, protocols, or standards regarding intercountry adoption that are contradictory or additional to those established by WAAA;

FORBIDS WAAA from establishing standards, protocols, and procedures that could reasonably be construed to be discriminatory (e.g. disallowing an intercountry adoption based on the prospective adopter's, or child's, nationality, race, gender, sexuality, or marital status), unless there are compelling practical reasons to do so;

PROSCRIBES the transfer of children by member nations to non-member nations in an effort to circumvent any facet of this resolution;

OUTLAWS the practice of buying children, in which financial or in-kind payments are exchanged to ensure an individual receives a child, however;

ACKNOWLEDGES that, in the case of adoption processes, some reasonable fees may be charged by National Adoption Boards, and/or their domestic affiliates, for expenses incurred during the adoption process.
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AGAINST

I believe it's reasonable to discriminate in favor of married couples, especially those who cannot have children, in adoption.
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I like this a lot actually and I think the idea is there but this still needs work. First off forcing nations that have inter-country adoption to create a group which they have to pay for and then PAY FOR ANOTHER WA GROUP is insane and I oppose all WA groups. Also I think that some of the wording is too vague. I do like this idea but this proposal needs work for now I will Abstain
I apologize for my lack of punctuation and poor spelling/writing in general it's bad, I'll get there someday :P

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I would support this, as I definitely believe it's important to make sure international adoptions are handled properly, and the children concerned are protected.

However, I strongly object to the so-called "anti-discrimination" clause as discrimination in this situation is not only logical, but advisable. For example, it would be perfectly reasonable to not allow children to be placed into the custody of unmarried people or sexual deviants (e.g. homosexuals).
Edited by Xinxian, Wednesday Jul 9 2014, 04:11 AM.
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