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Article

16 Nov 2011

Author:
[Editorial] Voice of America

A way forward in Zimbabwe

The international group created to prevent trade in conflict diamonds is moving to allow Zimbabwe to resume selling gems mined from an area where state-sponsored human rights violations occurred in 2008...As the [Kimberley Process’s] incoming Chair in 2012, the United States will work...to make sure that the KP remains relevant in dealing with a potentially broader range of issues related to conflict diamonds...[I]t is the government's responsibility to ensure not only that human rights are respected in the Marange region as the diamond industry regularizes, but also that the revenues generated from the sale of diamonds are handled in a transparent manner and are used to benefit the Zimbabwean people.