Organization

Kimberley Process

Certification scheme for rough diamonds, launched in 2003 to stop the trade in "conflict diamonds".

5 links, 4 backed by primary records

How each side tells it

Connections 5

Global Witness until Dec 2011 official observer According to Global Witness Self-published 1

UN embargo on uncertified Angolan diamonds, 1998 According to Kimberley Process Primary record 2
The scheme's own preamble recalls these resolutions and says it is convinced a certification scheme can seriously reduce the role of conflict diamonds.
UN embargo on Sierra Leone rough diamonds, 2000 According to Kimberley Process Primary record 2
The scheme's own preamble recalls these resolutions.

Timeline 2 dates

2003 – Kimberley Process
until Dec 2011 Global Witness member of Kimberley Process According to Global Witness

Proof 2 sources

Global Witness leaves Kimberley Process, calls for diamond trade to be held accountable, Global Witness (press release), 2 Dec 2011. Self-published
Global Witness today wrote to the Chair of the Kimberley Process to announce its withdrawal as an official Observer.
Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Kimberley Process (copy lodged with the World Trade Organization), 2002. Primary record
RECALLING all of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, including the relevant provisions of Resolutions 1173 (1998), 1295 (2000), 1306 (2000), and 1343 (2001)
CONVINCED that the opportunity for conflict diamonds to play a role in fuelling armed conflict can be seriously reduced by introducing a certification scheme for rough diamonds designed to exclude conflict diamonds from the legitimate trade;

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