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 30The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict, published in 2020.

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21 versions · 2003–2026

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6 topics

Certificates of Origin Conflict Diamonds Regional Cooperation Sanctions Compliance Technical Cooperation War Prevention

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18 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the outcomes of the 2019 plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process, hosted in New Delhi by India from 18 to 22 November 2019, and reaffirms its strong and continuing support for the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme2 and the Kimberley Process as a whole;

Recognizes that the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme helps to ensure the effective implementation of relevant resolutions of the Security Council containing sanctions on the trade in conflict diamonds and contributes to the prevention of future conflicts fuelled by diamonds, 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;

Reaffirms the importance of the tripartite nature of the Kimberley Process, stresses that the widest possible participation in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is essential, encourages Participants to contribute to the work of the Kimberley Process by participating actively in the Certification Scheme and ensuring compliance with its undertakings and the effective implementation of its measures, underscores the importance of the Civil Society Coalition and its members to the Kimberley Process, and acknowledges the importance of supporting additional applications for membership by civil society organizations;

Commends and appreciates the work of Kimberley Process working bodies in advancing the objectives of the Kimberley Process;

Recalls the central place of mining communities in the Kimberley Process and the need to devote particular attention to engaging artisanal miners in governance structures, developing best practices, building upon experiences in other minerals and gold in artisanal and small-scale mining and promoting the rule of law;

Welcomes efforts to enhance cooperation with and assistance to Participants in Kimberley Process matters, including with a regional dimension, focusing on the implementation of best practices, capacity-building and compliance with Kimberley Process standards, rules and procedures;

Recognizes the value of engaging with relevant external organizations to support the work of the Kimberley Process and its working bodies, and in this regard welcomes the guidelines adopted by the Kimberley Process, which will facilitate engagement in a spirit of transparency and inclusiveness;

Encourages further strengthening of the Kimberley Process to enhance its effectiveness in addressing challenges posed to the diamond industry and related communities, including from instability and conflict, and to ensure that the Kimberley Process remains relevant for the future and continues to contribute to international peace and security and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development1 and the Sustainable Development Goals, and looks forward to further exploring and advancing the ways in which the Kimberley Process contributes to peacebuilding and sustaining peace;

Welcomes the effort made with a view to strengthening the scope of the Kimberley Process in the core document, including in-depth discussions in the Ad Hoc Committee on Review and Reform on how best to capture the evolving nature of rough diamond conflict and actors involved in this conflict, about a definition of conflict diamonds, the importance of capacity-building and mutual support, and the positive contribution of rough diamonds to prosperity and social and economic development, and looks forward to continue this work in the future;

Welcomes the expressions of interest from Austria, Botswana, China, the Russian Federation and the United States of America to host the Kimberley Process Permanent Secretariat, and notes the recommendation of the plenary meeting to create a tripartite Technical Expert Team under the Working Group of Diamond Experts to work on the practicalities of the Permanent Secretariat;

Notes the acceptance of the principle of implementing a voluntary multi-donor fund in the Kimberley Process and the identification of four areas of focus for the fund, namely capacity-building, technical assistance, the participation of civil society and the participation of the least developed countries;

Welcomes the progress in consolidating the core document that has enabled provisional closure of several sections, and notes that the work will continue;

Also welcomes the adoption of the 2019 administrative decision on the peer review mechanism to improve the provisions of peer review, including annual reporting, review visits and review missions;

Notes the adoption of provisional changes to the operational framework for the resumption of exports of rough diamonds from the Central African Republic and the terms of reference for the monitoring team for the Central African Republic, with the objective of increasing legal exports and maintaining safeguards to stop conflict diamonds from entering the legitimate supply chain;

Encourages efforts to assist the Central African Republic in achieving compliance with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme;

Acknowledges with great appreciation the important contribution that India, as Chair of the Kimberley Process in 2019, has made towards curbing the trade in conflict diamonds, and welcomes the selection of the Russian Federation as the Chair and Botswana as the Vice-Chair for 2020;

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

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

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