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 32The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict, published in 2013.

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Certificates of Origin Conflict Diamonds Côte D'ivoire Guinea Illicit Traffic Liberia Sanctions Sanctions Compliance Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic Of)Zimbabwe

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32 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms its strong and continuing support for the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme1 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;

Welcomes the admission in August 2012 of Cameroon and in November 2012 of Cambodia, Kazakhstan and Panama as full Participants in the Kimberley Process;

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 efforts to further strengthen implementation of the Kimberley Process, including efforts to examine the application of Kimberley Process Certification Scheme requirements in cross-border Internet sales;

Also 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, the decision of the General Council of 17 November 2006 granting an extension of the waiver until 31 December 2012, and the decision of the General Council of 11 December 2012 granting an extension of the waiver until 31 December 2018;

Takes note of the report of the Chair of the Kimberley Process submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 66/252,Error: Reference source not found and congratulates the participating Governments, the regional economic integration organization, the diamond industry and civil society organizations, and the new observers, namely the Diamond Development Initiative and the African Diamond Producers Association, 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 2012 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 Governments, industry and civil society in the Kimberley Process 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;

Notes that the annual reporting process on Kimberley Process Certification Scheme implementation is the main comprehensive and regular source of information on the implementation of the Process provided by Participants, and calls upon Participants to submit consistent and substantive annual reports in order to conform to this requirement;

Expresses appreciation to Canada, Lebanon, Switzerland, Thailand and the United States of America for receiving review visits in 2012, welcomes the commitment of those countries to continuously open their certification systems to reviews and improvements, and calls upon other Participants that have not already done so to make themselves available to receive review visits;

Acknowledges the efforts of the Kimberley Process to strengthen implementation and enforcement, and in particular to ensure coordination of Kimberley Process actions in relation to the occurrence of fraudulent certificates, to apply vigilance and ensure the detection and reporting of shipments of suspicious origin and to facilitate the exchange of information in cases of infringement, and acknowledges with appreciation the increased level of collaboration among Participants and with the World Customs Organization in this matter;

Stresses that the widest possible participation in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is essential, 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, and acknowledges the importance of the increased involvement of civil society organizations in the Process;

Calls upon the Participants of the Kimberley Process to continue to articulate and improve rules and procedures to further enhance the effectiveness of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, and notes with satisfaction the systematization of the work of the Process with respect to developing transparent and uniform rules and procedures and improving the mechanism for consultations and coordination within the Process, including through the adoption of rules related to non-compliance and statistical anomalies;

Notes with appreciation the willingness of Kimberley Process Participants and observers to support and provide technical assistance to those Participants experiencing temporary difficulties in complying with the requirements of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme;

Recognizes the importance of the Kimberley Process in promoting economic development, particularly in the artisanal and small-scale diamond mining sector, and encourages an increased focus on issues related to development, including through the work of the Diamond Development Initiative;

Welcomes the increased focus in 2012 on technical assistance through the creation of a development and assistance section on the Kimberley Process website, the monthly issuance of technical assistance bulletins and the organization on 7 and 8 June 2012 of a conference on enhancing the development potential of artisanal and small-scale mining;

Notes with appreciation the continued cooperation of the Kimberley Process with the United Nations on the issue of diamonds from Côte d’Ivoire, in accordance with the provisions of Security Council resolution 2045 (2012) of 26 April 2012 and in line with the administrative decision on sharing information with the United Nations, also notes with appreciation the visit by a team of experts from the Kimberley Process Working Group of Diamond Experts to diamond mining areas in Côte d’Ivoire, in accordance with the mandate from the Security Council sanctions committee, and encourages the Kimberley Process Working Group on Monitoring and the Working Group of Diamond Experts, with the support of the Friends of Côte d’Ivoire, to continue to actively collaborate with the United Nations Group of Experts on Côte d’Ivoire, established pursuant to Council resolution 1584 (2005) of 1 February 2005, and through liaison with Côte d’Ivoire, with the ultimate objective of meeting the preconditions for the lifting of United Nations sanctions on the trade in rough diamonds from Côte d’Ivoire;

Notes the visits made to Côte d’Ivoire in May, August and September 2012 by the Friends of Côte d’Ivoire and, in acknowledging the importance of technical assistance to the Interministerial Kimberley Process Permanent Secretariat, calls upon the Friends of Côte d’Ivoire to provide further assistance and upon the Kimberley Process to support the efforts of Côte d’Ivoire to prepare for implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme;

Encourages the Kimberley Process, in collaboration with the Panel of Experts on Liberia, established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2025 (2011) of 14 December 2011, to support the efforts of Liberia to continue reinforcing its internal controls system and to continue to address the challenges to the implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, and notes the intention of Liberia to host a review visit in early 2013;

Recognizes the commitment of Guinea to fulfilling the terms of the Swakopmund administrative decision on Guinea (2009) and the support provided to Guinea by Kimberley Process Participants and observers, notes with satisfaction the efforts by Guinea, the United States Geological Survey and civil society to develop a framework for collaborative, multi-stakeholder monitoring of remote artisanal mining areas, and welcomes the decision by the Kimberley Process tenth plenary meeting to conclude the administrative decision;Error: Reference source not found

Acknowledges the progress made by Zimbabwe to resolve concerns about its compliance with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme in Marange, Zimbabwe, notes the decision of the plenary meeting to lift the Kimberley Process special measures under the terms of the administrative decision adopted at the plenary meeting held in Kinshasa in 2011, and recognizes Zimbabwe’s commitment to the Process;

Notes the decision of the plenary meeting regarding the continued participation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Kimberley Process, acknowledges the positive step represented by the submissions presented by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in response to the decision of the plenary meeting, and invites the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to continue its efforts to fully reintegrate into the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme through the steps outlined in the Kimberley Process communiqué;Error: Reference source not found

Notes with appreciation the approval, by the plenary meeting, of the administrative decision on the selection, engagement and operation of a Kimberley Process administrative support mechanism, with the World Diamond Council acting as host for 2013;Error: Reference source not found

Notes the discussions during 2012 on the subject of the Kimberley Process reforms and the proposed changes to the definition of “conflict diamonds”, among other proposals, also notes that consensus was not reached on whether or not to change the definition of “conflict diamonds”, and further notes that the plenary meeting reaffirmed the mandate of the Committee on the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme Review to continue discussions and consultations on the subject;

Acknowledges the adoption by the plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process, in addition to the decision referred to in paragraph 23 above, of four other documents, namely the administrative decision on the data anomalies questionnaire process, the Washington Declaration of 2012 as a complement to the Moscow Declaration of 2005, a revised administrative decision on the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme peer review system, and the revised guidelines for the Participation Committee in recommending interim measures as regards serious non-compliance with Certification Scheme minimum requirements;

Notes with appreciation that the Kimberley Process website, developed by the United States of America with support from the Antwerp World Diamond Centre, has been enhanced significantly to make it a more efficient and effective system;

Notes ongoing work within the Kimberley Process on the guidelines on bilateral reconciliation and the methodology analysis review document;

Reaffirms the importance of the tripartite nature of the Kimberley Process, and welcomes the commitment of the plenary meeting to continue its constructive engagement with civil society in recognition of the role that civil society plays in the Kimberley Process;

Encourages further improvement in enforcement of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, and notes the new efforts made to increase information-sharing and collaboration in enforcement;

Acknowledges with great appreciation the important contribution that the United States of America, as Chair of the Kimberley Process in 2012, has made to curbing the trade in conflict diamonds, welcomes the selection of South Africa as the incoming Chair of the Process for 2013, and notes with appreciation the offer by China to serve as the incoming Vice-Chair for 2013;

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

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

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