SIERRA LEONE DIAMONDS
September 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE UNITED Nations Security Council has urged its members to propose candidates to the job of diamond-mining police advisor to the Sierra Leone government, as part of the UN's continued military mission to the war weary west African country. While deciding to extend its peace-keeping mission to next March, the council urged the Freetown government to strengthen its control and regulation of diamond mining, under rebel control during the country's recent civil war. A report from UN secretary general Kofi Annan said despite "commendable" progress by ...
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