At a ceremony in Washington with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the agreement provided "new, important safeguards" to protect adopted children.
"We take very seriously the safety and security of children that are adopted by American parents," Mrs Clinton told reporters. The accord "also increases transparency for all parties involved in the adoption process", she said. The number of Russian children adopted by US families has fallen steadily, with 1,092 last year, compared to more than 5,800 in 2004, according to AP news agency. Russian officials have claimed that at least 17 adopted Russian children have died in domestic violence in American families. Chuck Johnson, chief executive of the National Council for Adoption, told AP news agency that many of the cases of abuse involved children adopted through independent agencies rather than US agencies accredited by Russia."For the Russians, their big get is that they will now be able to maintain some type of contact with the child," Mr Johnson said. "That's not been possible in the past... They had no mechanism to deal with cases where there are problems." Russian orphanages house some 250,000 children.
If we do anything in this world correct is for the futures of our children.
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