Since 2005 export of rough diamonds from Cote d'Ivoire has been banned by the United Nations due to [conflict in Cote d'Ivoire]... The embargo does not appear to have prevented Ivorian diamonds from entering Europe... [Participants in] the annual conference of the Kimberley Process...in Brussels Nov. 5-8...agreed that there should be a new effort to improve controls on rough diamonds from Cote d'Ivoire, with particular attention paid to its neighbouring countries... Eli Izhakoff, chief executive with the World Diamond Council in New York, said it is "unprecedented" for an industry to seek the kind of controls that he favours over gemstone trading centres.