sentences:  Many countries have stopped allowing children to be adopted internationally, and all have ratified the Hague Convention designed to put into action the principles regarding inter-country adoption which are contained in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) except the U.S. which is reported to do so in 2007.The Hague seeks to insure that inter-country adoption does not result in improper financial gain for those involved in it.A 2007 UNICEF press release states