Majilis approved ratification of Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
15:33, 27 January 2010
ASTANA. January 27. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ Majilis of the Kazakh Parliament has approved the draft Law "On accession of Kazakhstan to the Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption" today at the plenary session.
"The Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption was signed in the Hague on May 29, 1993. It was accepted on the basis of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UN Declaration on Social and Legal Principles, the UN General Assembly Resolution 41/84 as of December, 3, 1986", - Kazakh Minister of Education and Science Zhanseit Tuimebayev said presenting the draft Law.
According to him, the Convention is aimed at promotion of the development between states to provide protection of interests of adopted child as well as respect of their rights and prevention kidnapping and sale of children.