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Russia would limit participation in the program to those U.S. adoption agencies that comply with a 1993 Hague Convention on intercountry adoptions.

U.S., Kremlin Reach Deal to Monitor Adoptions Richard Boudreaux 2011

International adoptions are also quite common today, although, according to www.adoptions.state.gov, the number of intercountry adoptions went from approximately 9,000 in 1991, to over 19,000 in 2001, back down to between 11 - 12,000 in 2009 and 2010.

Susan Pease Gadoua: Is Divorce Getting Harder As Families Change Shape? Susan Pease Gadoua 2011

Blogger Rex Chikoko reported that however the journey seemed a bit tough this time as the High Court Judge Esme Chombo said that according to Malawi's intercountry adoption laws, Madonna could not take the child as she had resided in Malawi for about 18 months.

Global Voices in English » Malawi: Reactions to Madonna’s adoption of Chifundo 2009

International adoptions are also quite common today, although, according to www.adoptions.state.gov, the number of intercountry adoptions went from approximately 9,000 in 1991, to over 19,000 in 2001, back down to between 11 - 12,000 in 2009 and 2010.

Susan Pease Gadoua: Is Divorce Getting Harder As Families Change Shape? Susan Pease Gadoua 2011

(Aside from the Haiti situation, intercountry adoption has become less common, but it's too early to tell if it's era has ended.)

Philip N. Cohen: Citizenship: Because I Said So 2010

Legal scholar David Smolin prefers to speak of"child laundering," a process by which "the current intercountry adoption system frequently takes children illegally from birth parents, and then uses the official processes of the adoption and legal systems to 'launder' them as 'legally' adopted children."

John Feffer: The Baby Trade John Feffer 2010

Russia would license only those U.S. adoption agencies that comply with a 1993 Hague Convention agreement on intercountry adoptions.

U.S., Russia Near Adoption Agreement 2010

Legal scholar David Smolin prefers to speak of "child laundering," a process by which "the current intercountry adoption system frequently takes children illegally from birth parents, and then uses the official processes of the adoption and legal systems to 'launder' them as 'legally' adopted children."

John Feffer: The Baby Trade John Feffer 2010

Mary Ellen Hickey, the State Department official heading the U.S. negotiating team, said Thursday that both sides "are committed to reach an agreement to increase the safeguards for intercountry adoption."

U.S., Russia Near Adoption Agreement 2010

But President Nicolas Sarkozy's desire to consider the quality of life in these intercountry comparisons is valid, too.

Work, Work, Work vs. EU's Quality of Life 2010