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Article

14 Jun 2010

Author:
Global Witness

Return of the blood diamond: how the crisis in Zimbabwe is undermining international efforts to eradicate conflict diamonds

Return of the Blood Diamond criticises the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, set up to end the trade in conflict diamonds, for repeatedly failing to react effectively to the crisis in Zimbabwe…The Global Witness report describes how the Minister of Mines…has been at the forefront of efforts to block oversight of the joint venture companies, Canadile Miners and Mdaba Diamonds. He has imposed his allies as board members, and sidelined the state mining company, ZMDC…Global Witness is calling on international governments to suspend Zimbabwe from the Kimberley Process scheme until it can prove its diamonds aren't bankrolling violence and abuse. [Business and Human Rights Resource Centre invited ZMDC, Reclam Group to respond, but they did not to do so. Efforts to reach the joint venture companies Canadile, Mdaba Diamonds were unsuccesful].