Benyam Dawit Mezmur nominated to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child

Last Updated: Wednesday, 26 February 2014 Published: Monday, 24 February 2014

EurAdopt Executive Board congratulates Dr. Benyam Dawit Mezmur for his nomination to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.

EurAdopt and EurAdopt member organizations have a long standing collaboration with Dr. Mezmur, and he has been invited to talk at EurAdopt meetings. EurAdopt Executive Board is confident that Dr. Mezmur will impact significantly on the activities of the Committee to improve the conditions of children throughout the world and wishes him all the best for his new commitment.


	EurAdopt is an association of adoption organisations in 13 Western European countries. Since the late 1970s a number of European organisations working in the area of intercountry adoptions have met regularly to discuss topics of common concern. In 1991 it was decided to formalize this cooperation, and in 1993 EurAdopt was established. The association presently has member organisations in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and United Kingdom. About 650 children receive new homes each year through these organisations. Deneme