The civil society coalition…walked out of the intersessional meeting…saying negotiations with Zimbabwe were harming the scheme’s credibility. The coalition, which includes Global Witness and Partnership Africa Canada (PAC), stressed that the scheme is not meeting its most basic commitments to prevent diamonds from fueling violence and human rights violations, and to provide guarantees to consumers that they are buying clean diamonds. “We note…that there is a significant gap between our expectations of the scheme, and what it is actually achieving,” said…Brownell of Green Advocates in Liberia…on behalf of the coalition. “…[W]e are expressing a vote of no confidence in the Kimberley Process.”…“We are appalled by the lack of respect shown to Kimberley Process members by the Zimbabwean Minister and shocked by the Kimberley Process membership’s silence in response…"...Alan Martin, a researcher for PAC, stressed that the walkout did not signal an abandonment of the Kimberley Process. [refers to Mbada Diamonds (joint venture Reclam Group & Zimbabwe Mining Development Corp.), Marange Resources (part of Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation)]