28. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs registers children who are nationals of Ukraine and have been adopted by aliens, based on the copy of judgment granting the adoption, such a copy being submitted by the adopters. The Foreign Ministry shall approve the form in which the registration is conducted.

29. The consular post or diplomatic mission of Ukraine concerned, upon instruction of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, registers children who have been adopted by aliens and reside outside the limits of Ukraine, as well as exercises control of the respect for their rights till they will have attained the age of 18 years.

To exercise control of the respect for the rights of children who have been adopted by aliens and reside outside the limits of Ukraine, the Center for the Adoption of Children, within one month after the receipt of the copy of judgment granting the adoption of a child, transmits to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs a copy of the adopter's obligation to register the child, within one month after the entry of the child in the State of residence, in the appropriate consular post or diplomatic mission of Ukraine, as well as to submit to this consular post or diplomatic mission periodical reports on how the child lives and is educated, and to allow a representative of the consular post or diplomatic mission to contact the child.

30. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, within one month after the receipt of documents from the Center for the Adoption of Children, instructs the consular post or diplomatic mission of Ukraine concerned to register the child and exercise control of the respect for his/her rights.

The consular post or diplomatic mission of Ukraine exercises control of the respect for the rights of the adopted child, based on the MFA's instruction and universally recognized principles and rules of the international law relating to the protection of the rights of children and, once per year (during the first three years) and thereafter - once per three years, submits relevant information to the MFA for the attention of the Center for the Adoption of Children.

/Abstract from Resolution of the Cabinet Of Ministers Of Ukraine # 1377 - On approval of the Procedure for registration of children who may be adopted, of the persons who wish to adopt a child, as well as for control of the respect for rights of the adopted children/