Archive for the Conflict-Free Diamonds category
Martin Rapaport on the movie Blood Diamond
by Admin on December 9th, 2006
Consumers Should Demand Conflict-Free Diamonds This Holiday Season
by Admin on December 4th, 2006
Two international rights organizations are urging consumers to take action this holiday season to help prevent “blood diamonds” from entering the legal diamond trade. Amnesty International and Global Witness, with the support of the director and cast members of the movie “Blood Diamond,” have launched blooddiamondaction.org, a website to educate consumers about the role of diamonds in funding conflicts that have a devastating impact on civilians.
Blood diamonds are gems that have been used by rebel groups to fund wars across Africa, leading to more than four million deaths and millions more people displaced from their homes. More
‘May I see a copy of your company’s policy on conflict diamonds?’
by Admin on December 4th, 2006
RAPAPORT… In a joint statement distributed by Amnesty International and Global Witness, with the support of the director and cast members of the movie Blood Diamond, the message for buying diamonds this Christmas season is “consumers should demand conflict-free diamonds.” More
Africa: Only conflict-free diamonds, please
by Admin on December 4th, 2006
Ghana, implicated in trafficking conflict diamonds, has been given a three-month reprieve by a global watchdog set up to eliminate the trade in so-called blood diamonds. Ahead of the four-day closed-door session of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) plenary in Botswana’s capital, Gaborone, which ended on Thursday, delegates came under pressure to act against Ghana, which was identified as a conduit for Cote d’Ivoire diamonds by the United Nations Panel of Experts. About 300 delegates, representing the diamond industry, producer countries and nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) from 70-odd countries, gathered for the annual review of the trade, worth about US$37.6 billion a year. More
