about blood diamond

1. S
THE
KIMBERLEY
PROCESS

2. The Kimberley Process (KP) is a commitment to remove
conflict diamonds from the global supply chain.
The Kimberley Process (KP) is a multilateral trade regime
established in 2003 with the goal of preventing the
flow of conflict diamonds.
The core of this regime is the Kimberley Process Certification
Scheme (KPCS) under which States implement safeguards on
shipments of rough diamonds and certify them as “conflict
free"
In January 2003, forty nations signed “the kimberley
process”- an effort to stem the flow of conflict
diamonds

3. Blood diamond, also called conflict diamond, as defined
by the United nations (UN), any diamond that is mined
BLOOD DIAMOND/CONFLICT DIAMOND

4. The very specific UN definition of blood diamonds was formulated during the 1990s,
when brutal civil wars were being waged in parts of western and central Africa by rebel
groups based in diamond-rich areas of their countries. Three specific conflicts—
in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sierra Leone—directed world
attention to the destructive role of diamonds, though the problem arose in other
countries as well. Rough diamonds mined in rebel-controlled areas were sold directly to
merchants or were smuggled into neighbouring countries, where they were merged into
stocks of legitimately mined diamonds and then sold on the open market. Proceeds from
diamond sales were used to buy arms and war matériel for the rebel groups, some of
which conducted extremely violent campaigns that brought great suffering to civilians.
HISTORY

5. The Kimberley Process is named for Kimberley, Northern
Cape province, South Africa, where representatives of
southern African diamond-producing countries met in 2000
to address the threat posed to the worldwide diamond
industry by diamonds that were being mined and smuggled
into legitimate channels in order to finance conflicts on the
continent.
In November 2002 in Interlaken, Switzerland, ministers from
37 countries and the European Community adopted the
Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, a document that
spells out the minimum requirements for verifying that
rough diamonds are "conflict-free."

6. GLOBAL WITNESS
Global witness is a London-based NGO, and was one of the first
organizations to bring the issue of 'conflict diamonds' to
international attention.
They state that a report they wrote, "A Rough Trade," was
partial inspiration for the film “BLOOD DIAMOND”.

7. Who is involved?
The Kimberley Process (KP) is open to all countries that are willing and able
are willing and able to implement its requirements. The KP has
has 56 participants, representing 82 countries, with the European Union
European Union and its Member States. KP members account for
account for approximately 99.8% of the global production of rough
rough diamonds.
In addition, the world diamond council, representing the international
international diamond industry, and civil society organisations, such
such as Parntership Africa Canada, participate in the KP and have played a
and have played a major role since its outset.

8. THANK YOU