Kimberley Process Participants as of December 15, 2006

Posted in News by Admin on December 20th, 2006

There are 47 Participants representing 71 countries. From January 1, 2007, this will change to 45 Participants as Romania and Bulgaria will be part of the European Community.

• Angola
• Armenia
• Australia
• Bangladesh
• Belarus
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Canada
• Central African Republic
• China, People’s Republic of
• Congo, Democratic Republic of the
• Cote d’Ivoire (embargo)
• Croatia
• European Community
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guyana
• India
• Indonesia
• Israel
• Japan
• Korea, Republic of
• Lao, Democratic Republic of
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Malaysia
• Mauritius
• Namibia
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Romania
• Russian Federation
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Switzerland
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Togo
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United States of America
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Zimbabwe

The rough diamond-trading entity of Chinese Taipei has also met the minimum requirements of the Kimberley Process.