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Human Rights Groups Blast KP for Failure to Suspend Zimbabwe
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Press Release: The Kimberley Process (KP) rough diamond certification scheme failed to reach a consensus to suspend Zimbabwe at this week’s plenary meeting in Namibia, in spite of evidence of serious non-compliance with the KP’s requirements and widespread government-sponsored...
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Former Liberian President Denies War Crime Charges
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AFP: Liberia's former president Charles Taylor on Thursday blamed an "intelligence plot" involving the British government for the fact that he is standing trial for war crimes charges in The Hague. "Everything that is being played out for your honors in this case is all...
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Zimbabwe Spared by KP
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The Kimberley Process (KP) concluded its annual plenary in Namibia on Thursday with the decision to retain Zimbabwe as a member, despite previous reports of noncompliance with KP regulations. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) has instead adopted a working plan...
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Mines Minister: Zimbabwe Has Complied With Kimberley Process
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AFP, HARARE: Zimbabwe has made progress in complying with the requirements of a diamond watchdog body, a state daily reported Wednesday as the Kimberley Process (KP) retreats from Namibia. "We strongly believe that as a country, we have done all in complying with the...
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Structure, Order Will Come With a Panama Diamond Exchange
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On October 19, the Panama Diamond Exchange (PDE) issued a press release to report that His Excellency, Ricardo Martinelli, the President of the Republic of Panama, had notified our organization that he will be initiating a session of the National Assembly within the next few...
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Zimbabwe Poses Threat to KP's 'Blood Diamond' Regulation
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AFP: Calls for an international ban on Zimbabwe's diamond sales are set to dominate this week's meeting of the global body set up to prevent trade in illegal diamonds in a key test for the regulatory regime. Civil society groups who comprise part of the Kimberley Process (KP)...
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UN Renews Sanctions on Cote d'Ivoire
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World News Connection:Text report translated from French radio in Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire. At a meeting held on October 29, the United Nations (UN) Security Council once again renewed sanctions against Cote d'Ivoire for a year, hoping to lift them if elections...
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UN Extends Rough Diamond Ban on Cote d'Ivoire
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The United Nations (UN) Security Council extended the sanctions that have long been imposed upon Côte d’Ivoire another year and warned that the divided nation continues to pose a threat to the region's international peace and security. The 15-member Council voted unanimously...
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Campaigners Call for Urgent Action on Zimbabwe
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Press Release: Kimberley Process (KP) members must act on the overwhelming evidence of Zimbabwe’s failure to comply with the minimum requirements of the rough diamond certification scheme, said civil society groups today, ahead of the KP’s annual meeting in Namibia. The...
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Israel Rejects UN Report of Illegal Diamond Trade With Cote d'Ivoire
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On the eve of Israel assuming the chairmanship of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), Israel’s diamond comptroller Shmuel Mordechai reaffirmed that the country does not trade with rough-diamond-producing countries outside the boundaries established by the Kimberley...
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Cote d'Ivoire Violates Diamond, Arms Embargo
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Côte d’Ivoire has essentially been divided for more than seven years between the government-controlled south and the rebel Forces Nouvelles-held north, but now both sides are violating the arms embargo imposed upon the country, according to a new United Nations (UN) report....
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NY DDC Delegation Meets With Panama's President
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Press Release: A high-level delegation of leaders of the diamond industry headed by Eli Izhakoff, chairman of the World Diamond Council (WDC), just returned from Panama, where they met with President Ricardo Martinelli of the Republic of Panama. The delegation urged President...
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Partnership Africa Canada Says Kimberley Process is Failing
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Partnership Africa Canada's (PAC) Diamonds and Human Security Annual Review for 2009 concluded that the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is failing — but not due to warlords and sanctions busters. Instead, the PAC said governments that refuse to get tough on...
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Zimbabwe Appeals African Consolidated Ruling
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Zimbabwe appealed a Harare High Court ruling that confirmed that African Consolidated Resources (ACR) held the rights to the Marange diamond field, according to a source familiar with the case. ACR was preparing to resume operations this week, but company officials were denied...
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Upcoming Cote d'Ivoire Elections Face Tech Challenge
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Technical difficulties in Cote d’Ivoire may adversely affect the timeline for the country’s much anticipated presidential election. The current polling date is set for November 29, 2009, and the United Nations has made a free and fair election a condition on lifting sanctions...
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Esau Insists: No Decision Yet on Zimbabwe
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Kimberley Process (KP) chairman Bernard Esau stressed that no decision has been made yet regarding Zimbabwe’s participation in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). Esau refuted previous media reports claiming that the KP had already made a decision not to suspend...
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World Diamond Council Calls for Action on Zimbabwe
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Press Release, NEW YORK: The World Diamond Council (WDC) is calling for decisive action from government participants in the Kimberley Process to ensure that issues surrounding Zimbabwe's Marange alluvial diamond fields are properly resolved. A recent Kimberley Process review...
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Mugabe Praises Crackdown on Diamond Miners
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BBC, HARARE: President Robert Mugabe defended his security forces against charges of human rights violations and praised the army and police crackdown against illegal diamond miners in eastern Zimbabwe that critics say left a trail of rights abuses and other crimes. In an...
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Suspension of Diamond Exports Wouldn't Impact Zim's Recovery Says NGO
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Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) was the first nongovernmental organization (NGO) to call for the ban on rough diamonds from Zimbabwe, back in December 2008. Now the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme seems set on a six-month suspension of the member country following its...
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