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2 results foundAuthor: Global Witness Title: Broken Vows: Exposing the 'Loupe' Holes in the Dismond Industry's Efforts to Prevent the Trade in Conflict Diamonds Summary: Major United States (US) and international retailers selling diamond jewellery are falling short on their promises to combat the trade in conflict diamonds. This report details the results of Global Witness' survey and investigations into the implementation of a system of self-regulation to support the Kimberley Process, an international governmental certification scheme aimed at preventing the trade in conflict diamonds. Details: Washington, DC: Global Witness, 2004. 34p. Source: Internet Resource Year: 2004 Country: International URL: Shelf Number: 119413 Keywords: Conflict DiamondsIllegal DiamondsIllegal Trade |
Author: The Green Political Foundation Title: Natural Resources and Conflict Summary: Hollywood depicted it in graphic fashion: the film “Blood Diamond” tells the story of the battle for control of the diamond mines in the West African country of Sierra Leone and its brutal consequences for its people. The diamond trade's role in financing the wars in Angola, Liberia and Sierra Leone led to international condemnation of the trade in “conflict diamonds" and the launch of the Kimberley Process. The links between conflict and the extraction of a given resource are not always so clear-cut, however, and a country's resource wealth does not necessarily lead to violent conflict, as the examples of Norway and Canada, but also Botswana and Chile show. Yet resource-rich countries do appear to be more susceptible to conflict than the resource-poor. This risk seems to be greatest when resource extraction accounts for a substantial proportion (around 30%) of GDP1: in other words, in countries which are largely dependent on the export of primary commodities such as metal ores, oil and gas. This does not apply to countries with major oil fields and a small population, such as Brunei, Dubai and Kuwait, which can use the substantial revenues generated by their oil exports to purchase social peace. Yet in most resource dependent economically poor countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia, resource extraction is linked to conflict. So the question is this: which role do natural resources play in conflicts? Details: Berlin: The Green Political Foundation, Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 4, 2012 at http://www.boell.de/downloads/Resources_and_Conflict.pdf Year: 0 Country: International URL: http://www.boell.de/downloads/Resources_and_Conflict.pdf Shelf Number: 123967 Keywords: Conflict DiamondsIllegal DiamondsIllegal Trade |