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New Legislation on Organizing Recuperation of Belarusian
Children Abroad
On
May 25, 2004 the Decree of the President of Belarus No 98 of February 18,
2004 "On the Organization of Recuperation of Children Abroad, Carried Out on
the Basis of Foreign Gratuitous Assistance" entered into force.
The Decree is aimed at making the recuperation of children abroad better and
more efficiently organized, transparent and more responsive to the needs of
children, parents, sending and receiving organizations.
The Decree outlines the procedure of organizing recuperation abroad, and
clearly defines functions and responsibilities of main players in the
process – the Department of Humanitarian Activity of the Presidential
Affairs Administration, Ministries of Education, Health, and Labor and
Social Protection.
The main characteristic feature of the Decree is that the Department of
Humanitarian Activity of the Presidential Affairs Administration will be
responsible for issuing permissions confirming the humanitarian character of
travel for groups of children and accompanying persons for departure for
recuperation abroad. Th Department will also be charged with carrying out
cooperation on the issues of children’s recuperation abroad with diplomatic
missions and consular institutions of Belarus abroad and with diplomatic
missions of foreign states in Belarus.
Text of the Decree of the President of
Belarus on Recuperation of Children Abroad. 
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