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What is the KP - The Kimberley Process (KP) |

2022-2-7 · 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

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What is the Kimberley Process and how does it work ...

2019-8-22 · The Kimberley Process (KP) is an international, multi-stakeholder initiative created to increase transparency and oversight in the diamond industry in order to eliminate trade in conflict diamonds, or rough diamonds sold by rebel groups or their allies to

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Conflict Diamonds and the Kimberley Process - United ...

The Kimberley Process (KP) is an international, multi-stakeholder initiative created to increase transparency and oversight in the diamond industry in order to eliminate trade in conflict diamonds, or rough diamonds sold by rebel groups or their allies to fund conflict against legitimate governments. The KP, which became operational in 2003, controls trade in rough diamonds []

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WDC to continue to champion strengthening

2019-11-22 · WDC to continue to champion strengthening scope of Kimberley Process. 22 november 2019. News. During the 2019 KP Plenary held from 18th to 22nd November 2019 in New Delhi, the government representatives failed

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WDC focuses on strengthening scope of Kimberley Process ...

2019-10-8 · Members of the World Diamond Council (WDC) assembled in Antwerp, Belgium, on October 2 and 3, for the organisation’s annual general meeting (AGM), where proceedings were dominated by discussions ...

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The Kimberley Process and the United Nations: lessons ...

2016-9-25 · the Kimberley Process to consider expanding the membership of the Process in order to allow all key States with a significant interest in the world diamond industry to participate in further meetings [].” Further legitimacy was conferred to the KPCS in January 2003 by Resolution 1459 in which the UNSC expressed its ‘strong support’.

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REAL CARE IS RARE - Kimberley Process

scope of the Kimberley Process because it narrowly defines conflict diamonds as diamonds ‘used by rebel movements or their allies to finance conflict aimed at undermining legitimate governments’.1 This definition has been challenged by both civil society and certain members of industry for a decade.

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Importation Requirements under the Kimberley Process ...

2015-9-21 · On September 23, 2004, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Treasury, published in the Federal Register interim regulations to carry out Executive Order 13312 of July 29, 2003, which implemented the Clean Diamond Trade Act (CDTA) and the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) for rough diamonds. OFAC regulations are found in 31 CFR

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Blood Diamonds: The Successes and Failures of the ...

2020-10-13 · witness-leaves-kimberley-process-calls-diamond-trade-be-held-accountable (last visited Jan. 14, 2015). A discussion of Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond fields can be found in Section III, Subsection C of this note. Despite its departure from the Kimberley Process, Global Witness remains involved in

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RESOURCES OF EXCELLENCE - Cartier

The Kimberley Process has established a certification system which has been in effect since 1 January, 2003. Rough diamonds must be exported in sealed containers with numbered, government-issued certificates of origin. Inspections occur regularly. A country found to be non-compliant may be sanctioned and barred from the trade.

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What is the Kimberley Process and how does it work ...

2019-8-22 · The Kimberley Process (KP) is an international, multi-stakeholder initiative created to increase transparency and oversight in the diamond industry in order to eliminate trade in conflict diamonds, or rough diamonds sold by rebel groups or their allies to

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WDC focuses on strengthening scope of Kimberley Process ...

2019-10-8 · WDC focuses on strengthening scope of Kimberley Process during 2019 Annual General Meeting in Antwerp OCTOBER 8, 2019 ABOVE: The WDC’s Board of Directors meeting at the start of the 2019 Annual General Meeting in Antwerp, Belgium, on October 2,

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WDC focuses on strengthening scope of Kimberley Process ...

2019-10-8 · Members of the World Diamond Council (WDC) assembled in Antwerp, Belgium, on October 2 and 3, for the organisation’s annual general meeting (AGM), where proceedings were dominated by discussions ...

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World Diamond Council hopeful of Kimberley Process

2018-11-21 · The World Diamond Council (WDC) has reiterated its support for the Kimberley Process (KP) certification scheme to end trade in conflict diamonds, while expressing concern over the progress in ...

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The Kimberley Process and the Chinese - PriceScope

2011-7-26 · The Kimberley Process and the Chinese One of the many presentations, education sessions and panel discussions that were held preceding and during the 2011 JCK show at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas was a panel presentation organized by the World Diamond Council, called “Diamond Dialogue: The Challenges of a Robust Kimberly ...

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The Kimberley Process and the United Nations: lessons ...

2016-9-25 · the Kimberley Process to consider expanding the membership of the Process in order to allow all key States with a significant interest in the world diamond industry to participate in further meetings [].” Further legitimacy was conferred to the KPCS in January 2003 by Resolution 1459 in which the UNSC expressed its ‘strong support’.

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Importation Requirements under the Kimberley Process ...

2015-9-21 · On September 23, 2004, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Treasury, published in the Federal Register interim regulations to carry out Executive Order 13312 of July 29, 2003, which implemented the Clean Diamond Trade Act (CDTA) and the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) for rough diamonds. OFAC regulations are found in 31 CFR

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Blood Diamonds: The Successes and Failures of the ...

2020-10-13 · witness-leaves-kimberley-process-calls-diamond-trade-be-held-accountable (last visited Jan. 14, 2015). A discussion of Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond fields can be found in Section III, Subsection C of this note. Despite its departure from the Kimberley Process, Global Witness remains involved in

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RESOURCES OF EXCELLENCE - Cartier

The Kimberley Process has established a certification system which has been in effect since 1 January, 2003. Rough diamonds must be exported in sealed containers with numbered, government-issued certificates of origin. Inspections occur regularly. A country found to be non-compliant may be sanctioned and barred from the trade.

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General Assembly Adopts Resolution Stressing Need for ...

2017-2-2 · As Chair of the Kimberley Process in 2016, he had visited more than 20 countries, including both current and prospective Kimberley Process members, and he had met with officials that regulated the ...

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WDC focuses on strengthening scope of Kimberley Process ...

2019-10-8 · Members of the World Diamond Council (WDC) assembled in Antwerp, Belgium, on October 2 and 3, for the organisation’s annual general meeting (AGM), where proceedings were dominated by discussions ...

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The Kimberley Process and the Chinese - PriceScope

2011-7-26 · The Kimberley Process and the Chinese One of the many presentations, education sessions and panel discussions that were held preceding and during the 2011 JCK show at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas was a panel presentation organized by the World Diamond Council, called “Diamond Dialogue: The Challenges of a Robust Kimberly ...

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Blood diamonds: an analysis of the state of affairs and ...

The narrow scope of the Kimberley Process excludes wider human rights abuses in the sourcing and trade of rough diamonds, which has been a subject

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Implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification

2021-11-11 · Question for oral answer O-000073/2021. to the Commission. Rule 136. Bernd Lange. on behalf of the Committee on International Trade. Answer in plenary. Subject: Implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. 1. How can the EU contribution to the effective implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) be ...

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The European Union hosts the 2018 Kimberley Process ...

2018-11-26 · The Kimberley Process also welcomed Gabon as a new Participant. Background. In 2018, the European Union holds the Chairmanship of the Kimberley Process, a United Nations (UN)-mandated global partnership bringing together governments, industry and civil society, with the aim to stem the trade in conflict diamonds worldwide.

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+972 52 280 2322 WDC to continue advocating for the ...

2019-11-22 · of the scope of Kimberley Process Despite progress made with capacity-building programs for the artisanal mining sector and KP’s approach to Central African Republic exports, the WDC will continue to advocate for the strengthening of the scope of the Kimberley Process, following the inability to achieve consensus at the KP Plenary.

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Kimberley Process under fire following 2019 Plenary ...

2019-11-27 · As the Kimberley Process (KP) concluded its annual Plenary on 22 November, the World Diamond Council issued a statement critical of the scope of the project. Established in 2000, the KP is a trade body that aims to remove ‘conflict’ diamonds from the global supply chain through its Certification Scheme. Held in New Delhi, India, this year ...

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WARNING CONCERNING KIMBERLEY PROCESS

2019-9-6 · As response to recent reports in the media on how the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) could be circumvented by cutting and polishing a single facet to rough diamonds, the Kimberley Process would like to emphasize that these remarks are substantively incorrect. It is incorrect that semi-cut diamonds fall outside the scope of the KPCS.

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The Kimberley Process: Has It Stopped the Conflict

2004-11-2 · Chairman of the Kimberley Process Abbey Chikane proclaimed that “(w)e are very optimistic that the Kimberley Process is going to make a difference in the industry and definitely reduce trade in conflict diamonds.” (Ibid) It has been nearly a year since the KPCS has been implemented – a good time, perhaps, to assess what the process has ...

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General Assembly Adopts Resolution Stressing Need for ...

2017-2-2 · As Chair of the Kimberley Process in 2016, he had visited more than 20 countries, including both current and prospective Kimberley Process members, and he had met with officials that regulated the ...

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