Whiteflash-Diamond Playground

From AllAfrica - The United Nations General Assembly Monday in New York highlighted the role played by Angola as chair of the Work Team on Artisan Production of Alluvion Diamonds, under the Kimberly Process. This is contained in a resolution unanimously adopted as part of the analysis of the General Assembly’s agenda on the role of diamonds in the funding of conflicts. Among other aspects, the resolution notes with satisfaction the efforts made by the Work Team in the fight against the production and trade of blood diamonds. The Work Team, set up in Gaborone (Botswana), in November 2006, has as its purpose to secure the accomplishment of the recommendations contained in the Moscow Declaration, concerning improvement of internal control over the production of alluvion diamonds of artisan and low scale character, as well as the promotion of exchange of good practises. Presenting the annual report on the issue and the resolution, the European Union Commission assistant director, Karel Kovanda, who was speaking on behalf of the European Union that heads the Kimberly Process for 2007, made a retrospect on the progress scored in the process, with focus on its contribution in countries like Angola, DR Congo, Liberia and Sierra Leone.