[T]he special envoy on natural resources to the Dutch ministry of foreign affairs and has persuaded a handful of the world’s largest electronic companies to consider taking part in a…project…creat[ing] a transparency system based around a tin mine…which monitors the metal from one end of the supply chain…all the way through until it has been…placed into containers for export. A pilot project began…and he believes that if it is successful and adopted elsewhere, it could…ensure the long-term survival of communities who have come to depend on mining for their livelihoods…For international electronic companies, it has the potential to…reassure…consumers who want ‘conflict-free’ products…[T]here is also overwhelming support for the project from all sides of the community. [refers to Motorola Solutions, Philips]