"Diamonds in Peace and War" is the latest word on conflict diamonds and their contribution to the wars of middle Africa. The report grew out of a conference sponsored by the World Peace Foundation, the Project on Justice, the Carr Center, and the WPF Program on Intrastate Conflict at the Kennedy School of Government in late 2001. Although the conflict diamond problem is but a small part of the much larger world-wide trade in peaceful diamonds, it is the destructive and corrosive part. Tamm places conflict diamonds within this larger context, lays out the technical issues involved, and explores all aspects of the Kimberly Process — the unparalleled negotiating effort by industry, NGOs, and national governments that produced a standard method of differentiating clean from dirty diamonds. It also helped to produce pending U.S. legislation. Using diamonds to import arms and sponsor war is less likely now that the Kimberly Process has produced a near-final agreement. "Diamonds in Peace and War" is the place to learn all about this remarkably successful initiative of conflict prevention and conflict reduction.
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Ingrid Tamm is a program officer at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
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On October 19-20, 2001, the World Peace Foundation and the WPF Program on Intrastate Conflict, in cooperation with the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and the Project on Justice in Times of Transition, convened a conference at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, on the role of diamonds in prolonging conflict in Africa, and the state of current efforts to reform the diamond trade. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
international certification regime, international certification scheme, link between diamonds, conflict diamonds, international certification system, legitimate diamonds, one conference participant, diamond revenues, diamond industry, rough diamonds, several conference participants, diamond buyers, illicit diamonds, diamond trade, polished diamonds, diamond production, diamond sales, carat weight, diamond market, legitimate trade, rebel movements Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kimberley Process, Sierra Leone, United States, Security Council, South Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, General Assembly, World Diamond Council, Global Witness, World Peace Foundation, Clean Diamond Trade Act, The Brookings Institution Press, Exporting Authority, Fatal Transactions, European Union, Partnership Africa Canada, Diamond Trading Company, Human Rights Watch, Ian Smillie, The Foundation Report, Belgium's Diamond High Council, Jeffrey Herbst, Joseph Kabila, Kennedy School, Lexington Books New!
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On October 19-20, 2001, the World Peace Foundation and the WPF Program on Intrastate Conflict, in cooperation with the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and the Project on Justice in Times of Transition, convened a conference at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, on the role of diamonds in prolonging conflict in Africa, and the state of current efforts to reform the diamond trade. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
international certification regime, international certification scheme, link between diamonds, conflict diamonds, international certification system, legitimate diamonds, one conference participant, diamond revenues, diamond industry, rough diamonds, several conference participants, diamond buyers, illicit diamonds, diamond trade, polished diamonds, diamond production, diamond sales, carat weight, diamond market, legitimate trade, rebel movements Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kimberley Process, Sierra Leone, United States, Security Council, South Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, General Assembly, World Diamond Council, Global Witness, World Peace Foundation, Clean Diamond Trade Act, The Brookings Institution Press, Exporting Authority, Fatal Transactions, European Union, Partnership Africa Canada, Diamond Trading Company, Human Rights Watch, Ian Smillie, The Foundation Report, Belgium's Diamond High Council, Jeffrey Herbst, Joseph Kabila, Kennedy School, Lexington Books New!
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