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Article

8 Jan 2013

Author:
DIB Online (Diamond Intelligence Briefs)

UN approves resolution on conflict diamonds from ex-KP chair Milovanovic

The United Nations General Assembly has unanimously adopted the text of a resolution introduced by the outgoing U.S. Kimberley Process (KP) Chair Gillian Milovanovic on the role of the KP in helping eliminate the trade in conflict diamonds...Ambassador Milovanovic...highlighted several of the achievements of the Kimberley Process...[such as improving] understanding of diamond valuation and...mining techniques in Sierra Leone and Guyana, and [contributing] to the ensuring of land use rights and stable income for artisanal miners in Central African Republic and Liberia, reducing the likelihood of conflict...Americo Beviglia Zampetti, the representative of the European Union...[said the] KP's engagement with Côte d'Ivoire...illustrated the positive role that it could play in situations where production and trade of diamonds might affect peace and security.