We have pressed the DRC Government at every opportunity and at the very highest levels, including during Secretary Kerry's meetings with President Kabila last May and August, to lift the suspension immediately for families who have already completed the adoption process in good faith under existing Congolese adoption laws.
Kerry emphasizes high-level pressure on DRC to lift adoption suspension.
Share & report
More from John Kerry
President Biden's immediate re-entry on the day of his inauguration... is an historic piece of legislation.
We do not want it to become the hostage of some of these other tensions, all of which are real.
I would personally absolutely. I'm not sure what it is that couldn't be put on paper.
The Administration is determined to try to stabilize what has been, particularly recently, a very unstable situation.
Other voices in this conversation
