The Special Advisor for Children's Issues is a foreign policy position created by
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...
and announced on July 1, 2010.
Susan S. Jacobs
Susan S. Jacobs is the first person to fill the newly created role of Special Advisor for International Children's Issues. This new foreign policy position and assignment for Jacobs was created by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and announc ...
is the first person to fill the newly created role of ''Special Advisor for Children's Issues.'' Working with the
Office of Children's Issues
The Office of Children's Issues is an agency of the Bureau of Consular Affairs, which in turn is part of the U.S. Department of State. The Office of Children's Issues was created in 1994 under the leadership of Assistant Secretary of State for Con ...
, the Special Advisor actively engages with foreign government officials to protect the welfare and interests of children.
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International child abduction in the United States
As a result of its high level of immigration and emigration and its status as common source and destination for a large amount of international travel the United States has more incoming and outgoing international child abductions per year than an ...
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Office of Children's Issues
The Office of Children's Issues is an agency of the Bureau of Consular Affairs, which in turn is part of the U.S. Department of State. The Office of Children's Issues was created in 1994 under the leadership of Assistant Secretary of State for Con ...
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Hague Abduction Convention
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Hague Adoption Convention
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2010 establishments in Washington, D.C.