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	U.S. Government Role in Fighting the Conflict Diamond Trade
		The Kimberley Process was initiated in Kimberley, South Africa, in May 2000, when representatives of key producing, trading and consuming countries, the diamond industry, and civil society began a series of meetings to examine the conflict diamonds problem.
		Kimberley Process efforts were endorsed in December 2000 by the U.N. General Assembly, which called for participants to broaden participation and develop proposed minimum acceptable standards for certification.
		The expectation of the Kimberley Process participants is that the Kimberley system will be put into complete effect by all participants by a date to be ascertained before the end of this year.
	www.state.gov /e/eb/rls/rm/2002/7994.htm (1923 words)

	Kimberley Process Working Document
		To keep all other participants and the Kimberley Process secretariat fully informed about the laws, regulations, rules, procedures and practices that are applicable within its territory that in respect of the absence of conflict diamonds from the production, transport, trading, mixing, sorting, handling or processing of other rough diamonds.
		According to the "roadmap" for the Kimberley Process agreed in Windhoek in February 2001, the aim of the Moscow meeting was the "definition of proposals for minimum acceptable standards" for an international certification scheme for rough diamonds.
		The future work of the Kimberley Process is based on the framework document which was prepared for the Moscow meeting.
	www.info.gov.za /otherdocs/2001/kimberley.htm (3229 words)

	Kimberley Accord Marks First Success of Nepad - Security Council - Global Policy Forum
		It is planned for signatories to the process to implement the measures from January 1 next year, with a further six countries joining up during the course of next year.
		The Kimberley process also marks a high point in SA foreign policy, so often accused of being chaotic, ambiguous and ineffective, and serves as a model going forward.
		Indeed, the process is arguably an exemplar of governmental, industry and civil society co-operation for the development and achievement of a defined foreign policy objective.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/diamond/2002/1113triumph.htm (1032 words)

	The True cost of Diamonds - Amnesty International
		As Kimberly Process participants prepare to meet in Botswana next November to review the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), Amnesty International calls on governments to use this opportunity to address issues of governance, enforcement and transparency that are crucial for the effectiveness and reliability of the scheme.
		That process came to be called the "Kimberley Process".
		The Kimberley Process brings together representatives of governments, the diamond industry and civil society.
	web.amnesty.org /pages/ec_kimberley_process (809 words)

	Kimberley Process for Rough Diamonds
		The "Kimberley Process" (KP) is the principal international initiative established to develop practical approaches to the problem.
		Launched in May 2000, the Process was initiated by several southern African countries in response to growing international pressure to address peace and security concerns, as well as to protect several national economies in the sub-region (e.g., Namibia, Botswana, South Africa) that depend on the diamond industry.
		The Process, which is chaired by South Africa, includes approximately 44 countries involved in producing, processing, importing and exporting rough diamonds.
	mmsd1.mms.nrcan.gc.ca /kimberleyprocess/intro_e.asp (891 words)

	Kimberley Process (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Botswana assumes duties of the Kimberley Process Chairman and the KP Secretariat
		The Kimberley Process is a joint government, international diamond industry and civil society initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds - rough diamonds that are used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments.
		The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is an innovative, voluntary system that imposes extensive requirements on Participants to certify that shipments of rough diamonds are free from conflict diamonds.
	www.kimberleyprocess.com:8080 /site (148 words)

	The EU & the Kimberley Process (Conflict diamonds)
		The Kimberley Process is a unique initiative by government authorities, the international diamond industry and NGOs to stem the flow of ‘conflict diamonds’ — rough diamonds which are used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments, and which have contributed to fuelling devastating conflicts in a number of countries in Africa.
		At the November 2005 Moscow Plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process, the EC was elected to the 2006 Vice-Chairmanship and 2007 Chairmanship of the Kimberley Process.
		In 2006, the Kimberley Process is undertaking a review of the functioning and impact of the KPCS, three years after its entry into force.
	ec.europa.eu /comm/external_relations/kimb/intro/index.htm (482 words)

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		The ongoing international process, the Kimberley Process, is aimed at detecting and preventing the trade in conflict diamonds, often called blood diamonds because of the numerous deaths resulting from the illegal trade.
		The Kimberley Process recommends that the United Nations take action to support implementation of the scheme as an instrument to advance UN resolutions that attempt to limit trade in conflict diamonds.
		That process led to the emergence of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, an international certification scheme for rough diamonds, based primarily on national certification schemes and on internationally agreed minimum standards.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Mineral/diamonds1.htm (1128 words)

	January 2003 Update on Conflict Diamonds
		The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, is basically a trading system that 49 countries have joined, including all the major diamond producing and consuming countries.
		Kimberley participants are required to use standardized, tamper-proof packaging and an official Kimberley certificate when transferring rough diamonds.
		The weakness of the Kimberley scheme is its near-complete absence of independent oversight, monitoring, and auditing.
	www.phrusa.org /campaigns/sierra_leone/update_010303.html (552 words)

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		(6) Kimberley Process Certification Scheme The term "Kimberley Process Certification Scheme" means those standards, practices, and procedures of the international certification scheme for rough diamonds presented in the document entitled "Kimberley Process Certification Scheme" referred to in the Interlaken Declaration on the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for Rough Diamonds of November 5, 2002.
		Sense of Congress -STATUTE- (a) Ongoing process It is the sense of the Congress that the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, officially launched on January 1, 2003, is an ongoing process.
		Kimberley Process Implementation Coordinating Committee -STATUTE- The President shall establish a Kimberley Process Implementation Coordinating Committee to coordinate the implementation of this chapter.
	uscode.house.gov /download/pls/19C25.txt (2357 words)

	TheKimberleyProcess
		The initiation of the Kimberley Process was a result of the emergence of reports by Non-governmental organizations on the link between conflict diamonds and the civil wars of Sierra Leone, Angola and the DRC.
		Among these recommendations is the creation of a Kimberley Process Certificate, which would accompany each export shipment of rough diamonds, implementation of import controls, and implementation of internal controls against conflict diamonds.
		Furthermore, the transparency and monitoring of exports and imports of “Kimberley Process” countries also raises concern among some governments because then internal governmental bodies must be compliant in opening their data sources to outside countries.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~clwatula/worldpolitics/TheKimberleyProcess.htm (288 words)

	Diamonds in Conflict - Kimberley Process - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council
		Some governments in the Kimberley Process diamond certification scheme are reluctant to enact self-monitoring measures, arguing that such measures fall outside the scope of the initiative.
		Canada supports the Kimberley Process certification scheme that is designed to curb the global illicit trade in conflict diamonds and cut off sources of rebel funding in affected African countries.
		The negotiations known as the Kimberley Process began in May 2000 and are aimed at preventing the diamond trade from funding African civil wars.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/diamond/kimberlindex.htm (2214 words)

	Kimberley Process: An Amnesty International Position Paper - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		That process came to be called the "Kimberley Process", named after a meeting in Kimberley, South Africa, in 2000 where several diamond producing states first met to address the issue of conflict diamonds.
		After lengthy negotiations over several years, the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) was adopted at a Ministerial Meeting in Interlaken, Switzerland in November 2002 and launched in January 2003.
		Amnesty International encourages the governments participating in the KPCS to use the Kimberley Process review to address the issues of governance, enforcement and transparency to strengthen its effectiveness.
	web.amnesty.org /library/index/ENGPOL300242006 (1535 words)

	Kimberley Process - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is designed to prevent conflict diamonds (also known as blood diamonds) entering the mainstream rough diamond market.
		Supervision of the Process is done by the Chair, elected on an annual basis at a plenary meeting.
		Whilst the Process has been broadly welcomed by groups aiming to improve human rights in countries previously affected by conflict diamonds, such as Angola, some say it does not go far enough.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kimberley_Process (554 words)

	Progress at Kimberley Process meeting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Representatives of the countries which form part of the Kimberley Process met for three days in the Angolan capital, Luanda, this week, in what was scheduled to be the second-last such meeting before the proposals are taken to the United Nations General Assembly in December for ratification.
		The meeting was one of a series known as the Kimberley Process - started in response to concerns about "blood diamonds" which have been used to raise funds for armed rebel groups in countries such as Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in Angola itself.
		The previous Kimberley Process meeting, at Twickenham in England, saw concerns from outside the EU being raised over the possibility of non-certified diamonds entering the EU via a non-Kimberley state, and then passing freely into one of the Kimberley member countries.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=12663 (870 words)

	WTO GOODS COUNCIL APPROVES KIMBERLEY PROCESS WAIVER
		The Kimberley Process is an international initiative established to sever the link between illicit international trade in rough diamonds and armed conflict -- a link that has been particularly prevalent in Angola, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
		Launched in May 2000 and endorsed by the UN General Assembly, the Kimberly Process was initiated by several southern African countries to stop the flow of conflict diamonds to the markets, while at the same time protecting the legitimate diamond industry.
		At the Goods Council meeting, the US noted that the process under the waiver is open for WTO members to join also in the future if they haven't done so yet, and Chinese Taipei stressed that the waiver does not preclude the right of affected members to have recourse to WTO dispute settlement.
	www.ictsd.org /weekly/03-02-27/story3.htm (372 words)

	WORLD DIAMOND COUNCIL - ABOUT WDC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The WDC endorses fully the work of the Kimberley Process and is dedicated to the eradication of the trade in conflict diamonds.
		As a significant contribution to the Process, the WDC — on behalf of the entire diamond industry — proposed the introduction of a "chain of warranties", which would require diamond transactions to be accompanied by a declaration that diamonds offered for sale are conflict free.
		The international diamond industry, led by WDC Chairman Eli Izhakoff, reaffirms its absolute commitment to the Kimberley Process and places its expertise at the disposal of governments in devising and implementing effective measures to end the immoral trade in conflict diamonds.
	www.worlddiamondcouncil.com /press/kimberleyprocess.html (294 words)

	GENERAL ASSEMBLY REAFFIRMS STRONG SUPPORT FOR ‘KIMBERLEY PROCESS’, AIMED AT ELIMINATING USE OF ROUGH DIAMONDS TO ...
		By other terms, the Assembly encouraged participants in the Kimberley Process to allow voluntary review visits and welcomed the readiness of some participants to host such visits. Participants were also encouraged to submit annual reports on the Scheme’s implementation to the Kimberley Process Chair.
		He said that a key lesson drawn from that process was devoted to the measures to strengthen the United Nations role in the implementation of targeted sanctions, the necessary coordination among United Nations actors, and the importance of sanctions committees that had the lead role in monitoring the implementation of targeted Security Council sanctions.
		He said that the Kimberley Process, through the establishment of a Participation Committee, had found an effective response to the challenge of ensuring that those applying to join the Scheme were actually able to fulfil its obligations. With the agreement on peer review adopted at last year’s
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2004/ga10238.doc.htm (1438 words)

	Kimberley Process team undergoes training from world's leading gemological institute \| DMCC
		The UAE has led the way in the region by becoming the first Arab country to formally adopt the Kimberley Process and is also the first among forty-seven member countries to volunteer for a 'peer review' visit on internal control mechanisms.
		The Kimberley Process is an international certification scheme for rough diamonds, which was devised to address humanitarian concerns surrounding the diamond trade.
		The Kimberley Process, chaired by South Africa, had its origins in the decision of Southern African countries to take action to stop the flow of 'conflict' diamonds to the markets, while at the same time protecting the legitimate diamond industry.
	www.ameinfo.com /42188.html (1028 words)

	Conflict Diamonds & The Kimberley Process
		The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme requires that each shipment of rough diamonds being exported and crossing an international border be transported in a tamper-resistant container and accompanied by a government-validated Kimberley Process Certificate.
		In order to strengthen the credibility of the Kimberley Process agreement, as well as to provide the means by which consumers might more efficiently be assured of the origin of their diamonds, the World Diamond Council proposed that the industry create and implement a System of Warranties for diamonds.
		Under the terms of the Kimberley Process, it will be considered a violation to issue a warranty declaration on a sales invoice unless it can be corroborated by warranty invoices received for purchases.
	www.jewellery.org.za /JCSA/confdiam.htm (1046 words)

	Mlambo-Ngcuka: Kimberley Process Plenary Session
		What is now known as the Kimberley Process had its origins in a technical forum, involving some of the main role players in the global diamond industry, which was held in Kimberley, the capital of the Northern Cape Province, in May 2000.
		The Kimberley Technical Forum was an unprecedented step in the global Diamond Industry in the sense that, for the first time, it brought together industry, governments and civil society in a classic tri-partite arrangement, a system, which had been promoted by government in South Africa to such good effect.
		The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme will, in the final analysis, be judged on its success or failure in eradicating conflict diamonds from legitimate international diamond markets.
	www.info.gov.za /speeches/2003/03103116461001.htm (2625 words)

	Diamonds: Bill introduced to strengthen Canada's role in Kimberley Process
		The Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act is under the authority of the Minister of Natural Resources and serves as the legal foundation to implement the Kimberley Process in Canada.
		At the Kimberley Process plenary meeting held in Gatineau, Quebec, in October 2004, several modifications were brought forward to improve the effectiveness of the process.
		The Kimberley Process was initiated by South Africa in May 2000 to break the link between trade in rough diamonds and armed conflict in some African states.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-05/nrc-dbi051905.php (477 words)

	Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Kimberley Process, chaired by South Africa had its origins in the decision of Southern African countries to take action to stop the flow of “conflict” diamonds to the markets, while at the same time protecting the legitimate diamond industry.
		The Kimberley Process involves more than 30 governments, the European Community, the diamond industry and civil society and has been establishing minimum acceptable international standards for national certification schemes relating to trade in rough diamonds.
		It is hoped that the certification scheme will stem the flow of rough diamonds from rebel-held conflict areas, in support of the existing UN Security Council sanctions, thereby contributing substantially to peace efforts.
	www.dmcc.ae /DIAMONDS_kimberley_process.htm (108 words)

	Kimberley Process: Appeasement in the Diamond Trade
		With the recent signing of the Kimberley Process Scheme, it is suggested that a large stone is out of our collective shoes.
		The Kimberley Process also calls for this statement to be included on all invoices for the sale of rough, polished and diamond-bearing jewelry.
		The most egregious omission of the Kimberley Process is that it does absolutely nothing to address the underlying political problems that brought the conflict diamond issue to the forefront.
	www.ruby-sapphire.com /kimberley_process.htm (3104 words)

	Oxfam International - Kimberley Process still in Process. Progress made, but key issues remain
		Representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) attending the First Plenary Meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) welcomed international commitment to take additional effective steps to break the link between diamonds and human rights violations and conflict in Africa.
		The credibility of the Kimberley Process rests on effective monitoring.
		NGOs were also gravely concerned that a number of countries, which have been attending meetings of the Kimberley Process since its inception in 2000, have failed to put in place laws and regulations to implement the scheme.
	www.oxfam.org /en/news/pressreleases2003/pr030430_kimberley.htm (475 words)

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