31.   There are many reasons that American families turn to international adoption rather than the public agencies that handle foster care.

32.   Today, international adoptions are nothing like what Masters experienced.

33.   With international adoptions, trips for taking custody of a child sometimes stretch out for weeks.

34.   Organizations involved in international adoptions have to donate some of the money they charge to improving the conditions in orphanages.

35.   Parties to the convention agree to follow certain regulations on international adoptions.

36.   Aid flooded into the country, and international adoptions began to take place.

37.   All three are major sources of children for international adoptions.

38.   Both the United States and Britain have joined the treaty, designed to set guidelines for international adoptions and restrict child trafficking.

39.   Both the United States and Britain have joined the treaty, which was designed to set guidelines for international adoptions and restrict child trafficking and fraud.