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

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 11Role of diamonds in fuelling conflict, published in 2009.

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Reaffirms its strong and continuing support for the Kimberley Process Certification SchemeError: Reference source not found and the Kimberley Process as a whole;

Recognizes that the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme can help to ensure the effective implementation of relevant resolutions of the Security Council containing sanctions on the trade in conflict diamonds and act as a mechanism for the prevention of future conflicts, and calls for the full implementation of existing Council measures targeting the illicit trade in rough diamonds, particularly conflict diamonds which play a role in fuelling conflict;

Also recognizes the important contributions that the international efforts to address the problem of conflict diamonds, including the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, have made to the settlement of conflicts and the consolidation of peace in Angola, Liberia and Sierra Leone;

Notes the decision of the General Council of the World Trade Organization of 15 May 2003 granting a waiver with respect to the measures taken to implement the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, effective from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2006, and the decision of the General Council of 17 November 2006 granting an extension of the waiver until 31 December 2012;

Takes note of the report of the Chair of the Kimberley Process submitted pursuant to resolution 62/11, and congratulates the participating Governments, the regional economic integration organization, the diamond industry and civil society organizations involved in the Process for contributing to the development, implementation and monitoring of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme;

Acknowledges the progress made by Kimberley Process working groups, Participants and observers during 2008 in fulfilling the objectives set by the Chair to strengthen implementation of the peer review system, increase the transparency and accuracy of statistics, promote research into the traceability of diamonds, promote inclusiveness by broadening the level of involvement by both Governments and civil society in the Certification Scheme, foster a sense of ownership by Participants, improve information and communication flows and enhance the capacity of the Certification Scheme to respond to emerging challenges;

Stresses that the widest possible participation in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is essential, and encourages all Member States to contribute to the work of the Kimberley Process by seeking membership, participating actively in the Certification Scheme and complying with its undertakings;

Welcomes the admission in 2008 of Mexico to the Kimberley Process and the resumption of trade in rough diamonds by the Congo, and recognizes the increased involvement of civil society organizations, in particular those from producer countries, in the Process;

Also welcomes the guidelines endorsed by the New Delhi plenary meeting that recommend interim measures for serious non-compliance with Kimberley Process minimum requirements, set out the guiding principles for determination of serious non-compliance and include an indicative list of escalating measures, namely, targeted statistical analysis, enhanced monitoring and additional verification measures, mobilization of technical assistance, and suspension and resumption of export and import operations;

Notes with satisfaction that, in line with paragraph 14 of its resolution 62/11, a visit led by the representative of the Chair of the Kimberley Process was undertaken to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which helped to provide a better understanding of the challenges being experienced by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the diamond mining sector and led to the recommendation that the Process should continue to engage with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which has voluntarily separated from the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for a period of two years, and to assist and support the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in developing a plan of action to implement the minimum standards of the Certification Scheme and fully reintegrate into the Scheme;

Notes with appreciation the willingness of the Kimberley Process to support and provide technical assistance to those Participants experiencing temporary difficulties in complying with the requirements of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, and welcomes the recommendations in this regard of the Process plenary meeting held in New Delhi, which include a provision that such Participants would, if the Participation Committee so determined, retain membership and participate in the Process activities, and continue to be subject to all other obligations under the Certification Scheme;

Notes with satisfaction the systematization of the work of the Kimberley Process with respect to continuing to develop transparent and uniform rules and procedures, introducing a mechanism for consultations and coordination within the Process, and adoption by the New Delhi plenary meeting of the rules and criteria for selection of the Vice-Chair of the Process, rules and procedures for readmission of a former Process Participant, and guiding principles on participation of the guests of the Process Chair in the Process;6

Notes with appreciation the cooperation of the Kimberley Process with the United Nations on the issue of diamonds from Côte d’Ivoire, by participating in a joint United Nations-Kimberley Process field mission to Côte d’Ivoire and by pursuing the monitoring of diamond activity in Côte d’Ivoire, welcomes plans by Côte d’Ivoire to re-establish Government control over diamond mining and trade, and encourages continued cooperation between the Process and the United Nations in tackling this issue, with the ultimate objective of meeting the preconditions for the lifting of United Nations sanctions on the trading of rough diamonds from Côte d’Ivoire;

Acknowledges the progress made by Ghana in 2008 in strengthening its internal controls in follow-up to the administrative decision on Ghana adopted by the plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process, held in Gabarone from 6 to 9 November 2006, and agrees that continued implementation of the action plan by Ghana would greatly enhance the effectiveness of the Process;

Notes with satisfaction the publication for the first time of Kimberley Process rough diamond trade and production sub-annual data for 2004 to 2007, welcomes the progress made towards the collection and submission of complete and accurate statistical reports on the production of and trade in rough diamonds, and encourages all of the Process Participants to continue to enhance the quality of data, and to respond promptly to Process analyses of these data;

Also notes with satisfaction the development, in line with paragraph 7 of its resolution 60/182 and paragraph 7 of its resolution 61/28, of “footprints”, size-frequency distribution diagrams, that characterize the diamond production of Côte d’Ivoire, the Marange diamond field in Zimbabwe and Togo and the continued work undertaken for Ghana, and the development of statistical protocols to allow comparison of the export footprints with the established production footprint of the Participants;

Notes with appreciation the publication of a consolidated matrix of inventories of Participants engaged in artisanal alluvial diamond production and the continued efforts to follow up on the effective implementation of the Moscow declaration on improving internal controls over alluvial diamond production;

Stresses the importance of implementing the declaration on internal controls in diamond trading and manufacturing centres endorsed by the plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process, held in Brussels from 5 to 8 November 2007, and encourages all such centres to carry out effective enforcement measures, including those set out in the guidance on internal controls for Participants engaged in trading and manufacturing, as part of their own internal controls for ensuring adequate Government oversight over the trade in rough diamonds;

Notes with appreciation the assistance and capacity-building efforts extended by various donors, and encourages other donors to provide financial and technical expertise to Kimberley Process Participants to help them to develop tighter monitoring and control measures;

Acknowledges with great appreciation the important contribution that India, as Chair of the Kimberley Process in 2008, has made to the efforts to curb the trade in conflict diamonds, and takes note that the Process has selected Namibia as Chair and Israel as Vice-Chair of the Process for 2009;

Requests the Chair of the Kimberley Process to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session a report on the implementation of the Process;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth session the item entitled “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict”.

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