The Office of Children's Issues develops and coordinates policies and programs related to international child abduction. The Office of Children's Issues was created in 1994 under the leadership of Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Mary Ryan and that of her successor Maura Harty. The Office of Children's Issues is an agency of the Bureau of Consular Affairs, which in turn is part of the U.S.
Abduction Unit Chief Eastern, Stefanie B.
