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Diamond Panning

category international | worker & community struggles and protests | other press author Thursday March 11, 2010 21:02author by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin - Artistauthor email caoimhghin at yahoo dot com

Sierra Leone

The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict
DIAMOND PANNING, Sierra Leone [click on image to enlarge]
DIAMOND PANNING, Sierra Leone [click on image to enlarge]

On 1 December 2000, the United Nations General Assembly adopted, unanimously, a resolution on the role of diamonds in fuelling conflict, breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict, as a contribution to prevention and settlement of conflicts (A/RES/55/56). In taking up this agenda item, the General Assembly recognized that conflict diamonds are a crucial factor in prolonging brutal wars in parts of Africa, and underscored that legitimate diamonds contribute to prosperity and development elsewhere on the continent.

http://www.un.org/peace/africa/Diamond.html

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