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The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) announced today that the 2008 Congress of the World Jewellery Confederation, also known as the Confédération Internationale de la Bijouterie, Joaillerie et Orfèvrerie (CIBJO), will be held in Dubai from April 14-16, 2008. This is the first time that this prestigious global gathering of jewellery trade organisations and professionals has been held in the Middle East. The choice of Dubai for this three-day event, which will be held under the patronage of DMCC, comes in recognition of the emirate’s increasingly central role on the global jewellery stage. Among those expected to attend this high-profile meeting are leading members of the international jewellery trade, as well as government and United Nations representatives, all of whom will convene in Dubai to address the global outlook for a broad range of industry issues. DMCC will host the conference and a wide variety of related activities over the course of the three days. An international confederation of national jewellery trade organisations, CIBJO was founded in 1926 as a purely European organisation, becoming genuinely global in 1961. Today, members hail from 40 countries across the globe. CIBJO’s purpose is to encourage harmonisation, promote international cooperation and consider issues that concern the trade worldwide. Foremost among these is to protect consumer confidence in the industry.