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Article

11 Sep 2012

Author:
Michelle Nichols, Reuters

U.N. says Liberia lacks resolve to stamp out blood-diamond trade

The report to the U.N. Security Council said Liberia's capacity to control diamond mining and trade...remained weak. It said Liberia's presidential taskforce on diamonds had not met in a year, while its technical committee convened in July for the first time in seven months. "Limited commitment to comply with the minimum standards of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for Rough Diamonds remains apparent," the report said. It said the U.S. Agency for International Development had signaled it would stop funding a program to help the Liberian government improve compliance with the Kimberley Process, partly due to Liberia's lack of commitment to the scheme.