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A delegation from the AAI will travel to the U.S.A. on 12 February 2011. While there, the delegation will meet with representatives of the State Department (the Central Authority for the USA under the Hague Convention), an expert on child law and personnel from two Adoption Agencies. Topics to discuss will include the principle of subsidiarity (whereby intercountry adoption is the third option after family adoption and in-State adoption), the accreditation process, and the process for handling outgoing adoption cases under the Hague Adoption Convention.