US Embassy joins talks on Inter’l Protection of Children

Jan 22, 2018 News

From Left: Ananda Dhurjon, Diane Woolford, Jerome Epping, Minister Basil Williams, Alexandra King-Pile, Joann Bond and Charles Fung-A-Fat

The Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Basil Williams, held talks on Thursday with Consular Chief of the US Embassy Jerome Epping on Guyana becoming compliant with The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Inter-country Adoption.
The Minister expressed his interest in ensuring that Guyana subscribes to this convention as the country aims to protect and safeguard all its children. Epping who was accompanied by the Political and Economic Counselor at the US Embassy Alexandra King Pile conveyed his desire to see Guyana take on the processes which will ensure added protection for children against abduction, and trafficking.
The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption (Convention) is an international agreement to safeguard inter-country adoptions.
The Convention process provides additional protections to children, prospective adoptive parents, and birth parents. The primary principles of the Convention are to ensure that each adoption is in the best interest of the child and to prevent the abduction, sale, and trafficking of children.
Also present at the meeting yesterday were Charles Fung-A-Fat, SC, Chief Parliamentary Counsel; Joann Bond, Principal Parliamentary Counsel; Diane Woolford, Parliamentary Counsel; and Ananda Dhurjon of the Ministry of Legal Affairs.

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