U.S. State Department
Closure of Inter-Country Adoptions in Romania
By U.S. State Department
Dec 11, 2005, 08:56

Press Statement
Adam Ereli, Deputy Spokesman
Washington, DC
December 9, 2005

Closure of Inter-Country Adoptions in Romania

We are deeply concerned by the Government of Romania's December 7 announcement ruling out international adoptions. This affects all 1,100 Romanian orphans and abandoned children for whom foreign families had registered adoption petitions. These petitions were filed prior to a January 1, 2005 ban.