BLOOD DIAMONDS
December 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has approved the writing into European law of the international Kimberly Process on certifying the origin of diamonds. Its aim is to prevent the sale of so-called blood diamonds, which are tainted by being trafficked from mines in African civil war areas. *More information - http://www.kimberleyprocess.com/
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has approved the writing into European law of the international Kimberly Process on certifying the origin of diamonds. Its aim is to prevent the sale of so-called blood diamonds, which are tainted by being trafficked from mines in African civil war areas. *More information - http://www.kimberleyprocess.com/
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